Watch: Padres, Rockies hit the deck after bees swarm field

Bees swarmed the field Thursday at the Peoria Sports Complex while the San Diego Padres hosted the Colorado Rockies in their final spring contests, which caused everyone in the infield - including the umpire - to hit the deck.

Whatever the Padres did to anger the bees remains uncertain, but it isn't the franchise's first run-in with the insect. During the ninth inning against the Houston Astros in 2009, bees swarmed the field to delay a regular-season game at Petco Park.

Who knows if lying down is a viable strategy for avoiding bees, but a bunch of guys going prone on the field sure makes for some great images.