Drivers told to close windows after five million bees fall off lorry

About an hour after police put out a notice on social media, several beekeepers were in touch with police offering to help.

Beekeepers Terri Faloney, left, and Tyler Troute remove bees from a car (Carlos Osorio/The Canadian Press/AP)

Police in Canada on Wednesday warned drivers to keep their car windows closed after a lorry spilled crates carrying five million bees on to a road.

Halton Regional Police said they received a call at about 6.15am reporting the bee crates had come loose from a lorry and spilled on to Guelph Line, Ontario, just west of Toronto.