A motorist in Szczecinek, Poland received a very unusual surprise when he found his car suddenly covered in a swarm of bees on Saturday.
The man was walking toward his parked vehicle when he noticed that the hood of his car was blanketed by hundreds of bees.
Despite his surprise, the motorist was not afraid of his tiny visitors and even placed his hand on the bee-covered hood. The bees seemed very calm throughout the ordeal and did not attack any of the people who were at the scene.
Firefighters were eventually called in to help remove the bees from the vehicle. They collected the insects in a cardboard box and handed them over to a professional beekeeper outside of the city.
It is believed that the bees were following their queen after deciding to leave their hive in order to find a new home. Somehow the insects found their way to the busy city street and into the motorist's car.
This type of behavior among bees is typical during the months of May and June.
Last year, a local journalist in Montreal, Canada was astonished to see his car covered with bees after leaving it parked for only an hour. He tried to call emergency services but the operators told him to call an exterminator instead.
A group of bee experts called Miel Montreal was brought in after the exterminators told the man the bees simply could not be killed. Members of Miel Montreal were able to safely remove the insects from the vehicle.
The group used brushes and towels to gently move the bees and place them in a box. They also used a smoke concoction to disperse the rest of the bees.
The bees were taken to a facility where they could continue to pollinate flowers and produce honey.
A similar event happened in Oxford, England when a swarm of bees decided to occupy another car. The Oxford man who owned the vehicle, however, got rid of the insects by running his car through a car wash multiple times until they were all killed.
Bee experts and exterminators strongly advise not to kill bees as they are considered to be vital to the eco system.
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