Bee-seiged! The terrifying moment a buzzing swarm of 3,000 bees descended on florists as workers cowered inside5.39.217.76- c) @5 W& R; n8 W! L
- Shop worker says 'sky was turned black' by the invasion of bees
- Store was shut for two hours while a beekeeper was called to tackle swarm
By Rob Cooper
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2 S! {7 H4 w4 e! U) stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThis is the dramatic moment a swarm of 3,000 bees descended on a florists as workers hid inside.
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9 }3 g/ H( Z6 Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe shop was forced to close for more than two hours in Hereford city centre while a beekeeper was called.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; G: l' E. L4 a0 f
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The invasion of the buzzing insects also caused chaos for shoppers as they swarmed around the store front last Sunday afternoon.公仔箱論壇) q. o: O1 m! @& Q
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Invasion: A swarm of 3,000 bees descends on the florists in Hereford while the workers lock themselves inside
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. J" m6 U, Z3 v2 z# t7 vSwarming: Bees gather on a flower pot as beekeepers are called to tackle the problemTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。3 M2 P% }+ R, E) D6 |
3 w, }1 M' I8 p* G( s0 L8 U) Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA shop worker at Sarah Jane’s Joy of Flowers said today: 'It was pretty scary, one minute the sky was blue and it was sunny outside, the next the front of the shop was covered in a black swarming cloud of bees.
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. C7 u: i9 g! w: OTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。'They must have been attracted by the pollen in the flowers we had in a few pots outside.
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! @: Z" L( O. h; }% ^3 t公仔箱論壇Terrifying: Staff had to retreat inside the shop as the bees settled on their warestvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( m/ g% U2 W @# n' V
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Tackled: A beekeeper collects the bees and later handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper¿s Association$ ~+ W6 H5 C% g7 i
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Collection: A beekeeper collects the swarm which forced the shop in Hereford to close last Sunday5.39.217.762 W- m1 }1 z* E+ p" F
0 ?" h) L" @% E' R+ M4 n公仔箱論壇Shopper Jane Thomas, 31, was walking along with her young daughter when she spotted the bees.7 ]( z* q& @, {
She said: 'I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw it, I got us straight over the other side of the street when I realised what was in front of us.
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3 ~8 Z/ Y& u- l; P: D/ M. ?( w5.39.217.76'I suppose it makes sense that they’d head for a florist but you don’t expect to see a big swarm of them in the middle of a high street.'TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。- V5 ]; z6 E/ ? B0 J7 f
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The bees swarmed into the town centre after being released from a hive at a nearby museum.
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6 |0 L( q, f2 E7 [ [( K8 Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbShe said: 'They would only have been interested in finding a new home, when they are like that the bees are very placid.
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+ T" G: O! A& `' j2 Atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWorkers at Thorntons chocolate shop in nearby Leominster were forced to cower inside for two-and-a-half hours after 2,000 bees built a nest in the doorway last July.
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Swarm: Shoppers fled across the road after spotting the bees gathered outsidetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 T$ ~: d. R, y5 _9 J
; Q' A& {# [7 E7 w公仔箱論壇Bees and wasps 'kill more people in Britain than Al-Qaeda do'5 ]# d/ b2 |; S. X
) F& e( S* R# j9 O5 U+ ETerrorism kills fewer people in the UK than bees and wasps, according to a report by the government’s terrorism watchdog.
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An annual report by the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation acknowledged the threat from Al Qaeda and its affiliates as a genuine one, but it said the menace of terror had lessened in recent years and should not be’ overstated’ .
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David Anderson QC said that there had not been a single injury in the UK by a terrorist since the stabbing of a Labour MP two years ago.
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Neither had there been any bombings linked to Islamic extremists in Europe last year.
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7 _8 R" i- V& L公仔箱論壇Arrests connected to alleged terror plots were at a record low since the 9/11 attacks, with 121 out of a total of 1.4 million arrests in the most recent year.
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( A' F' a k, z公仔箱論壇In a section of the report that considers if the risk for terrorism is overstated Mr Anderson writes: ‘During the 21st century, terrorism has been an insignificant cause of mortality in the United Kingdom. & t% v4 ` {9 q) I N$ X; X
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‘The annualised averge of five deaths caused by terrorism in England and wales over this peiod compares with total accidental deaths in 2010 of 17,201.
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# N, V& @6 S u/ D‘This included 123 cyclist killed in traffic accidents, 102 personnnel killed in Afghmistan, 29 people drowned in the bath tub and five people killed by hornets wasps and bees.’
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