Morgan Wallen Pittsburgh show loses 4 to 5 pounds of bees

About 4 to 5 pounds of honeybees were removed from Acrisure Stadium scaffolding before morgan wallen pittsburgh concerts on June 5 and June 6. The swarm was cleared from the stage area on Wednesday, and the venue moved on with back-to-back shows still on the calendar.

Acrisure Stadium on Wednesday

The Fine Family Apiary in Forward Township was contacted about the bees on the stage scaffolding and handled the removal in less than two hours, owner Al Fine said. The swarm went into a "nuc box" before being taken home and later moved into full-size equipment.

Fine estimated the cluster held 12,000 to 15,000 bees. That is a substantial number to find on concert infrastructure, even if the job itself stayed contained and quick.

Morgan Wallen June 5 and 6

Morgan Wallen's I'm The Problem Tour is scheduled to come to Pittsburgh on June 5 and June 6, with Brooks & Dunn and Ella Langley among the acts joining him. The removal cleared one avoidable venue problem before the shows, and it did so without pushing the concert operation off schedule.

Honeybee swarming is normal propagation behavior: the queen and about half the workers leave their home to establish a new nest, then cluster while scouts search for a more permanent site. In this case, the colony had settled on stadium scaffolding, which made a routine natural event a backstage task for the venue and the beekeeper rather than a public interruption.