It happened at 43rd Street and Broadway at about 2 p.m. Tuesday.
The New York Police Department's beekeepers unit responded to the scene and safely removed the bees.
WABC-TV shows thousands of bees crowding the top of the vendor's umbrella as a beekeeper sucks them into a hose.
In a tweet, the NYPD said that "no tourist was harmed and no bee was left behind."
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