Mavic pro attacked by bees

[kingkrule]

As it says the tittle. Today I was returning home when I started to see some strange shadows that turn to be a bunch of angry bees.

It was in the middle of the city at less than 30mts high.


It seems that I killed some of them


Anyone has had this kind of experience? If so, it is dangerous for the aircraft?

 

[Birdman5280]

Mavic 1 - Bees 0

 

[sdharris]

Happened to me with my Phantom 3 Pro a while ago, I had bits of bee in the gimbal and around the shell. I am pretty sure it resulted in a failure of the camera and gimbal some months later so I would be careful clearing it up and check everywhere.

 

[Anthony Viscomi]

That's what you get for living where there are sunny skies & palm trees as I sit here freezing in the Northeast.

 

[Pepino Grande]

Maybe by the size and sound of the Mavic, they thought it was Bee God and they were paying respects.

 

[No1much]

Mavic: "Bzzzzzzzzzzzzz"

Translation in Bee: "I am your robot lord. Come worship me. Sacrifice yourselves for my bug-guts-covered glory!"

DJI might want to fix this so in the next firmware, the Mavic says "Bzzzzzzzzz" ("Nothing to see here, buzz along") instead.

 

[Robbyg]

Interesting!
I wonder if the sound made them think another colony was swarming into their territory.

 

[BD0G]

Thats Rad! I would have flown back and forth into thier path just ginsu'ing them to death!

 

[kingkrule]

Im just happy they weren't pigeons :O

 

[Robert Granata]

You probably don't want a bunch of bee blood getting sucked into the cooling fan. Do bees have blood? Well, I'm no bee-ologist.

 

[frezoid]

Jeez, from the one picture looking up at the mavic they look huge! Just curious if you have African killer bees in your area, very aggressive.

 

[kingkrule]

You probably don't want a bunch of bee blood getting sucked into the cooling fan. Do bees have blood? Well, I'm no bee-ologist.

Yeah they had blood, but don't think they bleed per liters though lol

 

[kingkrule]

Jeez, from the one picture looking up at the mavic they look huge! Just curious if you have African killer bees in your area, very aggressive.

Yes, i suspect they were like some kind of big bees, not just the normal ones. And no, i live in Chile. Don't think there are African bees over here.

 

[Robert Granata]

I think the African bee was released in Brazil in the 1950's and spread over south, central, and now north america.

 

[cluc]

I found bee or flies body parts on my Mavic propellers...

 

[kingkrule]

I think the African bee was released in Brazil in the 1950's and spread over south, central, and now north america.

oh.. i was googling and is here for long time.. they just have a different name "yellow jackets" . Thanks for the input man!

 

[Kai Mele]

Cool, I like the look of the shadow when you were landing!

 

[dangerm0us]

That was certainly interesting to watch. Did the bees retreat after you landed?

 

[mike venziano]

those are protected bees i would remove the video

 

[kingkrule]

That was certainly interesting to watch. Did the bees retreat after you landed?

yeah.. They instantly disappeared. (Or I exterminated them all)