Bee Colony Sets Times Square Restaurant Abuzz, Photos Show

NEW YORK CITY — Times Square was abuzz last weekend when New Yorkers received some unexpected company in the outdoor dining shed of a popular Midtown restaurant, New York Police Department photos show.

You better beelieve it: The NYPD bee team was called Sunday to what appeared to be Havana Central on West 46th Street, beetween Sixth and Seventh avenues, to remove about 2,000 not-so-welcome diners.

A colony of bees had taken up residence on the restaurant's outdoor pergola, according to an NYPD tweet.

What will beecome of the bees? Have no fear.

"The (bees) will now be relocated to an area where their pollinating skills will be put to good use," NYPD officials tweeted Sunday.

This isn't the first time NYPD beekeepers were called to remove a large swarm. Last month, the team removed 8,000 honeybees from 3 World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan and relocated them to an apple orchard.

The NYPD Bee force also recently sucked about 15,000 unwelcome guests from a tree in Queens and last year tackled back-to-back removals in Times Square.