He was about 15 minutes too late. Workers at the car lot reported the bees were gone when they checked about 12 p.m. No one saw them go, but as swarms change location, they are described as leaving in a cartoon-like cloud that swirls away.

"It would've been a cool cloud to see," said Sherri Disterhoft, owner of Sherri D's. ‘’They must've left for a lunch date."