A massive swarm of bees has descended on the White House North Lawn today. The swarm of bees gathered in the media area as some witnesses described the scene as a “bee tornado.”
Videos circulating across social media showed dense clouds of bees swarming around the White House press corps’ “Pebble Beach” media workspace after a hive reportedly formed in a nearby tree.
The White House had not issued an official statement on the incident as of Thursday evening.
Viral videos fuel online jokes and conspiracy theories
The extraordinary visuals rapidly became a major talking point online. Users started comparing the scene to disaster movies, biblical plagues and apocalyptic symbolism.
{{/usCountry}}The extraordinary visuals rapidly became a major talking point online. Users started comparing the scene to disaster movies, biblical plagues and apocalyptic symbolism.
{{/usCountry}}Time Capsule Tales wrote on X, “Is this a biblical curse 2.0?”
Another user with a twist of fact and biblical reference wrote, “As much as I want it to be a deathly plague straight from God to curse Trump & his entire administration… it just means a new 🐝 Queen 👑 was born. And that’s actually pretty cool.”
“They are China spy bees! Just ask Alex Jones! 🐝📸,” another user wrote, calling out Jones, who has been labelled a conspiracy theorist by social media.
Some users also compared the scenarios to movies like Sharknado and wrote, “Bee Tornado sounds like a low budget Syfy channel movie that someone pitched after watching Sharknado one too many times.”