A spring training baseball game between Kansas City Royals and Los Angeles Angels was held up by a pitch invasion of honey bees . The pesky visitors landed on the backstop netting and microphone during Sunday 's game in Tempe , Arizona , causing quite a buzz . The unusual visitors delayed the start as an exterminator was brought in to deal with the swarm . Not safe : The match between Kansas City Royals and Los Angeles Angels was delayed when a swarm of bees traveled across the pitch and landed on the net ( top right ) Bee swarms are common in Arizona in March and it 's not the first time the Angels have had to deal with the flying nuisances . In 2013 they have two regular season games delayed and disrupted by a swarm in Anaheim . Manager Mike Scioscia admitted he had never seen the honey makers create the kind of buzz they did on Sunday . Sciosa said : 'We 've never had them migrating , but like a tornado , they landed on the microphone . Fortunately , they stayed there until we could get rid of them . ' Pitch invasion : The honey bees flew across the pitch and settled on the microphone and back netting in the match in Tempe , Arizona . But Royals boss Ned Yost was left a little saddened by the whole thing . He said : ' I 've never seen mass bee genocide like that . 'All you have to do is get some smoke . Trust me , I live in the country . 'You take some smoke out there because the queen is in there somewhere , you get a Shop-Vac and suck them all in and take them out to the parking lot and let them go . 'They 're just honey bees , man . There 's a decline in honey bees . We need them . It was sad to see , but they had to do what they had to do . ' Strike out : Fans take photos as the exterminator gets rid of the bees which delayed play between the Kansas City Royals and Los Angeles Angels on Sunday .
Kansas City Royals and Los Angeles Angels had game delayed by bees . Bees landed on backstop netting and microphone during Sunday 's game . Critters delayed the start as exterminator was brought in to clear them . Comment: