Stinging For The Fences: Bees Swarm Padres Training Camp Again
A post shared by San Diego Padres (@padres)on Mar 5, 2018 at 4:22pm PST
The buzz at the San Diego Padres’ training camp on Monday wasn’t about the team’s hopes for the coming baseball season.
It was the bees invading the team’s Peoria, Arizona, facility and forcing the players to hit the ground.
This was“The Swarm”sequel for the Padres. Players last yearhad to take cover, along with their Spring Training game opponent, the Colorado Rockies, during another bee flyby.
NOT AGAIN!! 🐝pic.twitter.com/sp3XuJigB2
— San Diego Padres (@Padres)March 5, 2018
USA Today noted thatbee swarms are commonin Arizona at this time of year, and many of them involve aggressive Africanized honeybees.
Looks like the players have the drill down.
Fans took a few swings at the uproar.
“We’re used to it”pic.twitter.com/OJzdQmHEiX
— Nick Bateman (@nickbateman59)March 5, 2018
— Tom Hughes (@TeeOhEmm)March 5, 2018
This article originally appeared on HuffPost.