Bees may be , but as usual, New York City appears to be the exception to the rule. Yesterday, residents of Manhattan’s Upper West Side had to call in the NYPD’s “beekeeper commissioner” to remove 16,000 bees from a neighborhood tree.
Residents called authorities after noticing the bees in a tree on West 72nd Street near Amsterdam Avenue, . The police deployed its only bee response officer, Anthony Planakis, to take care of the situation.
Planakis, a who colorfully tweets from , relocated the bees to the top of the Waldorf-Astoria. Nobody was stung.
Bee infestations aren’t uncommon in New York. Just last week, Planakis removed from a Brooklyn bus stop.
Bees are nothing compared to the insect fury recently unleashed upon a Portuguese town. Not to be outdone, mosquitoes in Vila Franca de Xira , swarming through the area and putting to shame.聽
Now might be the time to invest in the bug spray industry.