May 24, 2009 7:46 am US/Eastern
Bees Swarm Union Square GameStop
NEW YORK (CBS) ―
A swarm of bees clustered around a Manhattan game store and trapped employees inside for hours as thousands of the insects gathered on the sidewalk and outside the building.
Worried-looking employees could be seen on the phone looking out the window as bees clustered around. Someone inside put a sign in the store window warning passers-by: ''Look! ... closed due to bee infestation.''
Most passers-by gave the GameStop store near Union Square a wide berth. But Edward Albers decided to try to help. Dressed in regular clothes, he managed to lure many bees into a box without getting stung.
Eventually, a bee specialist arrived in protective gear. He used the scent of a queen bee to collect the rest of the insects, and the store reopened for business.
The bee specialist says he'll bring the bees to his hives upstate.
GameStop and EB Games merged on October 10, 2005.
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