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Take Bee Out to the Ball Game

Padres-Astros delay of game due to a swarm of bees
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This never happens in the NHL. A game between the Houston Astros and the San Diego Padres was delayed for 52-minutes in the top of the 9th inning yesterday, after a swarm of bees took over left field. And it sounds like it wasn’t the first time, since San Diego’s head groundskeeper has a bee keeper on “speed dial.”

The Washington Post

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