Bee Swarm Shuts Down Mott Street In Chinatown

ANOTHER Bee Swarm Shuts Downtown Street
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CHINATOWN -- Thousands of bees swarmed a streetlight on a busy stretch of Mott Street Monday afternoon, forcing police to close down a section of the block while onlookers stopped to gawk at the spectacle.

The latest swarm -- the third spotted in Manhattan in as many weeks -- clung to a streetlight between Bayard and Pell streets, as a crowd gathered below to stare and snap pictures.

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