Something you don't see every day - a swarm of bees in Times Square yesterday
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (43080)
Staten Island, New York
August 29, 2018 10:08am CST
A swarm of bees, probably thousands, were sitting on top of an umbrella of a hot dog stand in Times Square and then they started flying around everywhere.
In one of the videos where they are flying everywhere people seem to be walking as if nothing is going on around them.
That would so not be the case had I been there.
One bee freaks me out. Many would be the end of me. 
I wonder why this happened and how it was taken care of.
Are you afraid of bees? Do they freak you out?
I wonder why this happened and how it was taken care of.
Are you afraid of bees? Do they freak you out?3 people like this
5 responses
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
29 Aug 18
I certainly am uncomfortable. I am afraid of being stung.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
29 Aug 18
Me too. I've been stung ones when I was young.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
29 Aug 18
@MALUSE I did not know this. Why did it become a new trend?
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@snowy22315 (170019)
• United States
29 Aug 18
I saw that news story. That was something I never expected to see. I am not really afraid of bees as long as they don't get too close to me.
@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Aug 18
If they are far from me I am okay with that but they can eventually get very close.
@rsa101 (37966)
• Philippines
29 Aug 18
I saw that on our news and was surprised how and why the bees decided to flock on that umbrella alone. I also saw that someone with a protective jacket on siphoned them slowly to remove them ftom the umbrella. News said that it may be a queen drone have landed there and its scent attracted the bees to protect her.
@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
29 Aug 18
Interesting bit of info. Wonder where so many bees came from. And why they were on that one umbrella in particular.
@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
29 Aug 18
But how were there so many in Times Square is the question. Where did they come from?
@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Aug 18
I certainly don't like seeing lots of bees around me. I'm always worried about being bitten. Although I'm not allergic to them, I still swell up a bit if I get bitten.
