After setting things abuzz by trapping customers in a store, a hive of honeybees was safely removed from Danville in central Kentucky.

Emergency crews were called because customers were afraid to leave the store, fire chief Woody Ball told The Advocate-Messenger. He said first responders quickly realised they would need help, so they called Gary and Joyce Taylor, who live in nearby Perryville and have experience in bee removal.

The Taylors arrived to find more than a million honeybees swarming in the area, the newspaper reported. Fire crews shut down part of the road while the Taylors worked to safely collect the insects. Although the situation had the potential to carry a sting, Mr Ball said there were no injuries to people or bees.