トラックから“ミツバチ”500万匹が逃げ出し…運転手100回以上刺される　カナダ(2023年9月1日)

5 million bees escape truck Driver was stung more than 100 times Canada (2023/09/01)

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カナダでトラックに積まれていた「ある荷物」が路上に散乱してしまう事故が起きました。　
There was an accident in Canada in which "some goods" were loaded onto the lorry and were scattered on the road.
「『外で何か起きている』という妻の声で目が覚めた。そうしたらハチが飛び回っていた」　
"I woke up to my wife's voice saying 'Something's going on outside' and then there were bees flying around."
うなりを上げて飛び回り道路脇に置かれた箱に群がっているのは無数のミツバチ。　
Countless swarms of bees buzzed everywhere, surrounding the box placed on the side of the road.
カナダ東部・トロント近郊で30日、トラックの積み荷用のロープが外れ、ミツバチが入った巣箱が道路に散乱してしまいました。　
On the 30th, on the outskirts of Toronto, Eastern Canada, a rope tying a truck broke, and honeycombs fell and were scattered on the road.
中には約500万匹のミツバチが入っていて、逃げ出したハチたちが周辺を飛び回る事態となりました。　
There were about 5 million bees inside, and the escaped bees flew everywhere.
防護服を着た地元の養蜂家の協力でハチは数時間後にほぼすべて回収されました。　
With the help of local beekeepers wearing protective gear, almost all the bees were recovered within a few hours.
地元メディアによりますと、トラックの運転手は防護服を着ていなかったため、100回以上ハチに刺されたということですが重症には至らなかったということです。
According to local media, the truck driver was stung more than 100 times by bees because he was not wearing protective clothing, but his injuries were not serious.

カナダでトラックに積まれていた「ある荷物」が路上に散乱してしまう事故が起きました。　

事故

Accident, incident, trouble; circumstances, reasons

トラック

Truck; track (running, cd, dvd, etc.)

荷物

Luggage, baggage, package; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)

路上

(on the) road, (on the) way

散乱

dispersion, scattering, spreading out, diffusion
「『外で何か起きている』という妻の声で目が覚めた。そうしたらハチが飛び回っていた」　

妻

Wife; my dear, dear, honey; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

何

What; how many; you-know-what, that; whatsit, what''s the expression, what do you call them; what?; hey!

外

Outside, exterior; open air; other place

声

Voice

目

Eye, eyeball; eyesight, sight, vision; look, stare, glance; an experience; viewpoint; stitch, texture, weave; ordinal number suffix; somewhat, -ish
うなりを上げて飛び回り道路脇に置かれた箱に群がっているのは無数のミツバチ。　

脇

Armpit, under one''s arm, side, flank; beside, close to, near, by; aside, to the side, away, out of the way; off-track, off-topic; deuteragonist, supporting role; second verse (in a linked series of poems)

道路

Road, highway

無数

Countless number, infinite number, innumerable

箱

Box, case, chest, package, pack; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case, shamisen; public building, community building; man who carries a geisha''s shamisen; receptacle for human waste, feces (faeces); counter for boxes (or boxed objects)

上げ

Tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
カナダ東部・トロント近郊で30日、トラックの積み荷用のロープが外れ、ミツバチが入った巣箱が道路に散乱してしまいました。　

日

Day, days; sun, sunshine, sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate), event

用

Task, business; use, duty, service; call of nature, excretion

トラック

Truck; track (running, cd, dvd, etc.)

道路

Road, highway

近郊

Suburbs, outskirts

東部

Eastern part, the east (of a region)

外れ

End, verge, extremity, tip, outskirts; miss, failure

ロープ

Rope

積み荷

Load, freight, cargo

巣箱

Nest box, (bee) hive, frame, super

散乱

dispersion, scattering, spreading out, diffusion

トロント

Toronto
中には約500万匹のミツバチが入っていて、逃げ出したハチたちが周辺を飛び回る事態となりました。　

約

Approximately, about; promise; shortening, reduction, simplification; contraction (in phonetics)

事態

Situation, (present) state of affairs, circumstances

中

Inside, in; among, within; center (centre), middle; during, while

周辺

Circumference, outskirts, environs, around, in the area of, in the vicinity of; (computer) peripheral

万

Many, all

匹

Counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); counter for horses; roll of cloth

飛び回る

To fly about, to skip about, to bustle about
防護服を着た地元の養蜂家の協力でハチは数時間後にほぼすべて回収されました。　

後

After

数

Several, a number of; number, numeral, figure; destiny, fate; law

協力

Cooperation, collaboration

着

Counter for suits of clothing; arriving at ..

地元

Home area, home town; local

回収

Collection, recovery, withdrawal, retrieval

家

House (e.g. of tokugawa), family

時間

Time; hours

服

Clothes (esp. western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc

防護

Protection

養蜂

Beekeeping, apiculture
地元メディアによりますと、トラックの運転手は防護服を着ていなかったため、100回以上ハチに刺されたということですが重症には至らなかったということです。

以上

Not less than, ... and more, ... and upwards; beyond ... (e.g. one''s means), further (e.g. nothing further to say), more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that); above-mentioned, foregoing; since ..., seeing that ..; this is all, that is the end, the end

運転

Operation (of a machine, etc.), operating, running, run; driving; working (capital, etc.)

トラック

Truck; track (running, cd, dvd, etc.)

回

Counter for occurrences; counter for games, rounds, etc., counter for innings (baseball); islam; hui (people)

着

Counter for suits of clothing; arriving at ..

地元

Home area, home town; local

手

Hand, arm; forepaw, foreleg; handle; hand, worker, help; trouble, care, effort; means, way, trick, move, technique, workmanship; hand, handwriting; kind, type, sort; one''s hands, one''s possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)

服

Clothes (esp. western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc

メディア

Media

重症

Serious illness

防護

Protection