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Bee swarms are communal successful Phoenix because of Arizona's basking weather
A bee swarm delayed nan commencement of nan Major League Baseball lucifer betwixt nan Arizona Diamondbacks and nan Los Angeles Dodgers for almost 2 hours.
Five minutes earlier play was scheduled to statesman a swarm of bees descended connected nan apical of nan protective netting down nan location plate.
Beekeeper Matt Hilton was called successful and was lifted 30 feet into nan aerial to nan station wherever nan bees had swarmed astatine Chase Field successful Phoenix.
Hilton, who had been astir to watch his six-year-old boy play a shot crippled erstwhile he received a call, sprayed and vacuumed nan bees away.
"We cognize this was really important to get this crippled going, truthful erstwhile we heard there's a bee rumor retired astatine nan Diamondbacks’ stadium, we tried to get astatine it correct away," he said.
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Image caption,Seats astir nan area wherever nan bees were swarming were temporarily evacuated
The crowd shouted Hilton arsenic he cleared nan bees and 'Holding retired for a hero' by Bonnie Tyler was played complete nan speakers arsenic he worked.
"I wasn't expecting that - I thought I was conscionable going to do my point and cruise out. But it was fun," added Hilton, who threw nan ceremonial first transportation to get nan lucifer going.
Several training games person been delayed because of bees, peculiarly successful nan highly basking temperatures of Arizona.
Chase Field has a retractable tile but it was unfastened connected Tuesday, allowing nan bees to enter.
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Image caption,Beekeeper Hilton took applause from nan crowd aft clearing nan bees
