WATCH: Bees Swarm Hot Dog Stand in NYC, Get Vacuumed Up By Bee Man in Mesmerizing Video

Authorities cordon off section of Times Square to respond to a massive group of bees that are swarming a hot dog stand.

Watch live: https://t.co/qd86Ic9lOV pic.twitter.com/R0GJXBle4W

— ABC News (@ABC) August 28, 2018

Reuters today posted a live stream, which you can replay above, of an odd occurrence in New York City: a massive swarm of bees collected atop the umbrella of a hot dog stand.

Animal control showed up and humanely “vacuumed” the bees from the top of the stand. But just moments later a new collective began to form. That’s when the NYPD swarmed to block the area off.

Here are some shorter clips from earlier.

Bees swarm hot dog stand in New York’s Times Square https://t.co/x6TAWlFNKe

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) August 28, 2018

Bees:
Bees are dying at an alarming rate

Also bees:
Let’s group in the thousands on top of a hot dog stand umbrella pic.twitter.com/MYvVi4e4X4

— Vegeta’s Pride (1080p HD) (@xacbranch) August 28, 2018

It created quite a lot of buzz on Twitter.

Bees are swarming Times Square and I welcome our new insect overlords. pic.twitter.com/GJHFxYG6O7

— Mark Alvarado (@FineHijinx) August 28, 2018

“Times Square Intersection Cordoned Off After Bees Swarm Hot Dog Cart” pic.twitter.com/ZMjh8LBdfi

— Katie Minard (@KatieMinard) August 28, 2018

A source close to the Times Square Bees tells me the swarm will be visiting Iowa and New Hampshire next week for a “listening tour” with voters.

— Sylvan Lane (@SylvanLane) August 28, 2018

Does the bee vacuum have a reverse switch, because I have enemies I’d like to spray with bees

— Barry Petchesky (@barry) August 28, 2018

The Times Square Hot Dog Stand Bees are enjoying their viral moment, but I hope they acknowledge the pioneers that paved the way for them: Pizza Rat, the llamas, that bat that Manu Ginobili swatted out of mid-air

— Tom Kludt (@TomKludt) August 28, 2018

My instant response to the headline "Bees take over hot dog stand in Times Square" is "it's a free market."

— Schrödinger's Trump is anti-concentration camps (@SchrodngrsTrump) August 28, 2018

let the bees have times square

— sonia saraiya (@soniasaraiya) August 28, 2018

I like how the Bees are just completely chill with a massive hose from the sky sucking up thousands of their friends. https://t.co/D2wYkhr0Ro

— Nathan McDermott (@natemcdermott) August 28, 2018

watching the NYPD beekeeper vacuum bees off a hot dog stand is oddly soothing https://t.co/Kp96Bxw7cJ pic.twitter.com/570WBdOBaQ

— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) August 28, 2018

NYPD needed a guy with full bee keeper gear to get to Time Square ASAP and he was there in 20 minutes.

— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) August 28, 2018

pic.twitter.com/U1FQqfeaSt

— Josh Feldman (@feldmaniac) August 28, 2018

There were many, many more.

Watch the clip above, courtesy of Reuters.

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