This painful footage shows several security guards running for their lives after a beehive fell on top of their armoured vehicle.

Smartphone footage captured on the BR-135 motorway located in Brazil’s state of Maranhao, depicted the four guards running along the road and trying to lose the bees on Wednesday, 3rd April.

They were reportedly heading towards the city of Sao Luis when the driver of the armoured vehicle lost control of it, swerved on the wet road, and crashed into a pole.

Following the collision, a beehive, apparently attached to the pole, dislodged and fell onto the car, with the bees subsequently attacking the four guards as they exited the vehicle.

The attack reportedly recorded by a group of drivers passing on the road at the time.

According to reports, the four people were rescued and taken to a private hospital for medical care. All of them are in stable condition.

The clips reached a number of reactions after they were shared on the social media platform X. Formerly known as Twitter, on 4th April.

X user ‘@derimar_lopes’ said: “Assault with stings.”

Then user ‘@gorila_trader’ commented: “Are even bees attacking armoured cars?”

And ‘ChicYessss’ added: “Bee attack, only one thing to do: run to a radius of 400 metres [1,312 feet], according to research, this is the effective distance for them to give up.”