Round Rock Express Game Delayed -- Not By Rain Or Darkness -- But Bees: VIDEO

ROUND ROCK, TX -- The world of baseball was abuzz Wednesday after a delay with a game-time delay at Dell Diamond during the game between the Round Round Express vs. the Oklahoma City Dodgers.

This wasn't your ordinary baseball rain delay, as the late, great George Carlin once famously observed about the game, but something with a little more sting to it. The game was delayed by a swarm of bees that had converged on the radar gun behind home plate.

Bees aren't something to which baseball clubs are accustomed. Anything in an aerosol can was reportedly sprayed on the offending swarm in a furious attempt to resume play. A pair of fans even pitched in, armed with a broom and a trash bag as makeshift bee-trapping implements.

"We came to watch the baseball game," faithful Express fan Robert Stefani told KXAN-TV. "We want to see our Express, so whatever it takes."

As luck would have it, Stefani practices bee-keeping as a hobby and emerged as something of a bee whisperer in helping the game resume. He and his buddy Dave Sullivan somehow managed to trap the bees in the bag, putting another one over it and then sealing the spontaneously created bee trap with duct tape.

Another fan in the stand (who also practiced bee keeping!) noted that the trapping was made easier because bees tend to be docile when they swarm. Of course, that fan made his observations from the relative safety of the bleachers as the two other fans grappled with the bees, but this is another matter entirely.

Sadly, the ordeal proved too much and the Express didn't take flight at Wednesday's game. The final score was 5-9.

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