Hundreds of Milton Keynes shoppers had to run for cover after a swarm of bees decided to settle in Newport Pagnell town centre.
The swarm of insects flew and buzzed around the High Street, before they settled on a bench outside Brinnick Locksmiths and Security.
After frantic and flabbergasted calls to the local council, a beekeeper was called in to remove the bees from the bench.
Tammy Sydee, a local resident, said: “I was working from home when all of a sudden I heard a tapping on the window. I looked out and there was a swarm of bees on the bench opposite where I live.
“People driving through the area had no idea they were there until it was too late and then they had to hurriedly roll up their windows.
“Some people walking through the town were stopping dead when they saw them. However, some were walking right in the middle of them without realising until it was too late. Then they were swatting them away and running to escape.”
After buzzing about the town, the bees staked their claim on a bench before the beekeeper came to the rescue.
A spokesman from the town council said: “We’re not too sure why they all settled on the bench. It could have been that the queen settled there or in the bin next door and they all followed her. But as soon as we got the call we were quick to send a beekeeper to the area to clear them away.”