Massive Bee Swarm Terrorizes Crowded SoCal Surf Lineup (Video)

It’s unclear whether or not a mass-stinging event went down during the swarm, and the comments section was no help. But still, a massive rabble of buzzers, equipped with their stinging tails, is a frightening sight.

However, according to the University of Florida, here’s more on swarms of bees and why they happen:

“A honey bee swarm occurs when a colony reproduces by splitting. As the colony grows, the queen bee departs with about half of the worker bees to establish a new colony, while the remaining bees stay behind with a newly emerging queen. This process is crucial for the survival and expansion of the bee population.

“Before leaving, the bees prepare by constructing special queen cells in the hive, where the next generation of queens will develop. Once the new queen is nearly ready to emerge, the old queen leads the swarm—often consisting of tens of thousands of bees—in search of a suitable location to build a new home.”

Fun, but morbid, fact: bees kill an estimated 72 to 100 people per year in the US.

Good to know.

What would you do if a swarm of bees assaulted the lineup when you were in the water? Run to shore? Dive deep and hold your breath? Or simply enjoy the lineup, presumably thinned-out, and keep surfing?

Might be your best chance to catch those two-footers all to yourself.