A high-level cricket game in Cork was put on hold after a swarm of 20,000 angry bees descended on the playing field.
Players were reportedly chased off the pitch by the mass of insects and play was halted shortly before 4:45 yesterday afternoon.
In what has to be a first for Irish Cricket, a professional beekeeper was called down to the playing grounds at the Mardyke and without even wearing protective gear, managed to secure the hive's queen.
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CorkBeo reported that Mauro Dias from Buzz of Nature was the hero of the moment, pictured triumphantly holding a swarm of bees in his hands as players from both the Munster Reds and the Northern Knights watched on - making sure to keep their distance.
One of the spectators at today's event described the chaotic scenes to CorkBeo: "Players were running as fast as they could off the pitch, people here had no idea what was going on and those bees were very angry."
After a lengthy delay, play was finally resumed at 6:15 pm yesterday.
Both teams are currently participating in the T20 Festival, an inter-provincial, three-day tournament that's taking place in Cork this week. Footage of today's match was kindly provided to CorkBeo by Cricket Ireland. You can find information on the Rario T20 Inter-Provincial Festival here.
Now as tournament play resumes, no matter what else happens it'll be hard to say there wasn't a great buzz down the park.
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