A “bee invasion” halted play on a court docket on the BNP Paribas Open tennis event in California on Thursday, and video confirmed the bugs swarming over a digital camera lens and buzzing round gamers.
“Play has been suspended attributable to bee invasion,” the event tweeted, together with an emoji of a bee.
Video from the Tennis Channel confirmed bees swarming over a chunk of kit.
Carlos Alcaraz, who was early right into a match with Alexander Zverev, was seen within the video swatting away the bees after which backing up and looking out round in confusion.
The announcer mentioned there was “an issue with bees right here,” and the group was heard laughing, earlier than the pause in play was introduced.
“Benefit, bees,” the channel mentioned on X.
The BNP Paribas Open, which runs from March 3 to Sunday, is within the quarterfinals stage. It is being performed at Indian Wells Tennis Backyard.
Indian Wells is a metropolis of round 5,000 within the Coachella Valley southwest of Joshua Tree Nationwide Park.
The event additionally shared video of a person utilizing a vacuum hose to suck up the bees.