{"id":1937900,"date":"2026-05-15T23:57:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T20:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1937900"},"modified":"2026-05-15T23:57:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T20:57:25","slug":"white-house-overrun-by-huge-swarm-of-bees-video-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1937900","title":{"rendered":"White House Overrun by Huge Swarm of Bees, Video Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/c5\/16by9\/2026\/05\/15\/c5527ba5cc7b46aab1eea1ffdabcea91_xl.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">White House Overrun by Huge Swarm of Bees, Video Shows<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">White House<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Under Bee-Siege &#8230;<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">Bees Swarm North Lawn<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-preferred-source.png\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-05-15T16:57:25-07:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/sitemaps\/article\/202605\"><br \/>\n                May 15, 2026<br \/>\n                <\/a><br \/>\n                            4:57 PM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-7a08f3e440b2868b8a3aa6a438a9917a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260515_c5527ba5cc7b46aab1eea1ffdabcea91\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5ef2fef3-ab76-4378-9fe3-f66b6dda3a1c\" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"image\"}'><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/c5\/4by3\/2026\/05\/15\/c5527ba5cc7b46aab1eea1ffdabcea91_md.jpg\" alt=\"white house bees tmz\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">TMZ Composite<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-08250912ec91dbee0cbe30ae4284cc54\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Call it a sting operation &#8230; because a massive swarm of bees descended on the White House grounds Friday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-b42e95243e05dd5fc8a533cdc61210e1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Thousands of bees reportedly swarmed the White House Press Corps&#8217; &#8220;Pebble Beach&#8221; media area after setting up a hive in a nearby tree &#8230; creating a massive buzzing cloud over the North Lawn.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-26b857aa8e6e9384d6d28af5188e8f7c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block--default  \">\n<div id=\"cb-26b857aa8e6e9384d6d28af5188e8f7c-1283137755-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<p>Waiting for your permission to load the Twitter Tweet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-409f4b6acb88e83388b89e51860b8822\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>The swarming bee tornado also took over part of the North Lawn driveway &#8230; sending reporters and staffers scrambling while clouds of bees buzzed through the air just steps from the West Wing.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-ae7cde49689db336bd0a20d5fe495ea2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block--default  \">\n<div id=\"cb-ae7cde49689db336bd0a20d5fe495ea2-1073776650-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<p>Waiting for your permission to load the Twitter Tweet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-92daef25fc8fb1f27e67e786c74a1040\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Video from the scene shows the buzzers in massive numbers around the media setup area &#8230; making it look less like a normal day covering politics and more like Mother Nature had called a surprise press conference.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-79535922cb18e888a213c1362f13578e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>So far &#8230; 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