Bees delay Royals game and Ned Yost comes to their defense
The Royals game against the Angels on Sunday was delayed.
But it didn’t rain in Tempe, Ariz.
A swarm of bees in left field is delaying start of #Royals exhbition game at Tempe vs. Angels
— Randy Covitz (@randycovitz) March 8, 2015Bees like baseball, too. Who can blame them? #RoyalsST pic.twitter.com/8CFCJeNd8T
— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) March 8, 2015Oh, people had fun with this.
BEES!!!! #Royals pic.twitter.com/iId8PQgC6K
— Josh Vernier (@JoshVernier610) March 8, 2015You have to be kidding me!!! All of the bees in AZ are in Tempe right now chilling on the mic #angels pic.twitter.com/UwGNVAAPPS
— Kristy Wilkes (@zombiekristy87) March 8, 2015This is either the most extreme shift Jarrod Dyson has ever seen or... BEES!!! pic.twitter.com/lgjCPSMqoK
— Chris Tunno (@TunesSTL) March 8, 2015Angels/Royals Game Delayed Due to Bees. This Is the Microphone Behind Home Plate. pic.twitter.com/i92Cct0sbH
— Siva Kodali (@kodali_siva) March 8, 2015Sunday's Royals/Angels game delayed by swarm of bees on shotgun mic #Angels #SpringTraining #CactusLeague pic.twitter.com/j9DfdZDvek
— Tom Denne (@tomteavee) March 8, 2015.@Royals Beers > Bees
— Boulevard Brewing Co (@Boulevard_Beer) March 8, 2015After the first delay, the game continued until the fourth inning:
We're in another bee delay after #Royals fourth while uniformed bee keeper disposes of beehive
— Randy Covitz (@randycovitz) March 8, 2015A "beekeeper" just killed a hive of bees rather than removing them. PA about a dog in a car in the lot. Sad-ass baseball game. #royals
— Matt Wilson (@BestMattWilson) March 8, 2015“I’ve seen it before,” Royals manager Ned Yost told reporters after KC won 6-4, “but I’ve never seen mass bee genocide like that, though.
“All you have to do is get some smoke. … Trust me, I’m from the country. I live in the country. You take some smoke out there because the queen is in there somewhere, and you get a Shop-Vac and suck ’em all in and take ’em out to the parking lot and let them go. … They’re just honey bees, man. There’s a decline in honey bees. We need ’em.
“It was sad to see, but they had to do what they had to do.”
This was the first thing I thought of:
MT: @Stephania_ESPN Angry swarm of bees at Tempe Diablo stadium delaying start of Angels-Royals. pic.twitter.com/51rFzYyxfI
— Ross (@rsskng) March 8, 2015To reach Pete Grathoff, call 816-234-4330 or send email to pgrathoff@kcstar.com. Follow him on Twitter: @pgrathoff.
This story was originally published March 8, 2015 at 4:27 PM.