"Oh god! Not the bees!"

[Jaysjob]

Droney got attacked by a band of bees today! It's the first time this has happened. I didn't even know about it until I was landing and could see the swarm. Had to wait to approach the drone until they decided they had enough. I don't know how long the battle raged and unfortunately there was a lot of bee carnage on the drone once retrieved.

 

[Glasswalker]

Crazy! Did you get pics/video of any of this?

 

[Jaysjob]

Crazy! Did you get pics/video of any of this?

No. Sorry. I was actually so shocked when it happened I was more worried about getting stung. I fly in that spot a lot so next time I'll pull out my phone!

 

[Fireblade]

Men, bet the mavic was chock full of bee carcass lol Any pics?? haha

 

[Jaysjob]

Men, bet the mavic was chock full of bee carcass lol Any pics?? haha

It was! Quite a bit of bee guts. I had to take a pause and clean up the carnage. I was in RTH mode, running out of battery so I had to land but did manage to push it away as I saw what was going on. At first I thought it was those little gnats that fly in your face in the summertime? But as the drone dropped it became apparent they were bees. And they were REALLY pissed! I landed and stayed back until they decided it was over. I really have no idea where they came from. I was doing some lower altitude practicing. Maybe near a bush or something is all I can figure.

 

[Steve1966]

Wow that would bee a $3000 fine up here lol

 

[Jaysjob]

Wow that would bee a $3000 fine up here lol

[emoji23][emoji23]

 

[hychewright]

Those bees were after the Drone bee!

 

[Jaysjob]

Those bees were after the Drone bee!

Haha! You know I thought about that too! Maybe it was the buzzing sound? They needed a giant worker for the hive!

 

[Grey Wolf]

You should turn off the sound and they'll go away!

 

[frankiez]

My grandson was flying my drone and I could see there were some bees around it. I immediately took the controller from him and flew the mavic quickly away from us towards an open field area. The bees were gone and didn't feel a threat anymore so went back to their hive.

 

[Jaysjob]

My grandson was flying my drone and I could see there were some bees around it. I immediately took the controller from him and flew the mavic quickly away from us towards an open field area. The bees were gone and didn't feel a threat anymore so went back to their hive.

I think that's probably happened with me Frankie. I landed a little distance away from by home point, shut it down then just let it sit there for a couple of minutes.