A street vendor found himself desperately calling for help after his stall full of candied fruit got swarmed with bees that were attracted to its sweetness.

The unnamed man was trying to sell Tanghulu, an increasingly popular Chinese snack consisting of several rock sugar-coated fruits, on a street in Fuyang, in China’s eastern Anhui Province.

Phone footage filmed by passersby, who in contrast found the sight amusing, shows the man talking on his phone while standing next to the Tanghulu stall overrun by bees.

He could be heard saying: “What should I do? There are too many, and I can’t get rid of them.”

Concerned about the possibility of passersby getting stung, the stall owner ultimately decided to drive the stall away.

Despite the bitter feeling, many netizens on Douyin, China’s version of TikTok. Said his snacks had gotten the ultimate approval.

One user titled ‘iQingsong’ commented: “This shows that the materials he uses are genuine.”

User ‘Love Coke’ wrote: “Why is it that when something has been touched by a bee, I don’t find it dirty and am willing to take another bite, but if it’s been touched by a fly, I find it disgusting?”

And ‘Running wildly in the wind’ replied: “Because of what we’ve seen flies eating, while bees gather nectar from flowers.”