KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Bees, 10,000 of them, invaded a tree in the middle of a Kissimmee neighborhood. The swarm arrived in just a matter of hours this week. A bee expert arrived Wednesday and removed the bees.

The problem was buzzing in Zachary Gammage's Kissimmee backyard, honeybees by the thousands.

"Who knows the danger of those things, especially when they multiple so fast," Gammage said.

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On Sunday, Gammage cooked out and there wasn't one bee buzzing. However, by Monday, the backyard was off-limits.

A neighbor on Quail Run Boulevard North decided to take a look for himself, but wisely decided the swarm was too much to handle.

"I come with the spray and see there's so many, this is not going to work," neighbor Willie Ojeda said.

Entomologist Richard Martyniak said it's likely all that spray would've done is made the bees stinging mad. When he found out that Eyewitness News was trying to get Gammage help with his honeybee problem, Martyniak volunteered the services of All Florida Bee Removal.

"We have Africanized bees and European bees in the area," Martyniak explained.

Just by looking, you can't tell which is which. But even as managed bee populations struggle, the aggressive Africanized bee population is booming in Central Florida. Martyniak says you can tell by the weight; there were approximately 5,000 bees per pound.

The bees will be brought to a quarantined apiary and re-queened with a European bee. If it turns out the bees are too aggressive, they will be destroyed because aggressive bees are not just a threat to more docile bee populations but to people as well.

Martyniak used a special vacuum to gather up most of the bees. He said swarms like the one in Kissimmee are becoming more common as Central Florida's Africanized bee population grows.