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Bee-seiged! The terrifying moment a buzzing swarm of 3,000 bees descended on florists as workers cowered inside

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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This is the dramatic moment a swarm of 3,000  bees descended on a florists as workers hid inside.! Z* C( @0 q! L( A& m: F& W6 ^: D
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The shop was forced to close for more than  two hours in Hereford city centre while a beekeeper was called.

The invasion of the buzzing insects also  caused chaos for shoppers as they swarmed around the store front last Sunday  afternoon.

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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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Swarming: Bees gather on a flower pot as beekeepers are  called to tackle the problem, [' i7 _& R. Y" u2 O1 g

A 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.+ j9 _. J5 M4 e3 X. x& X

'They must have been attracted by the pollen  in the flowers we had in a few pots outside.5.39.217.760 @) K2 f+ m8 ?0 g) @

'Other shoppers had to run across the street  to avoid them, luckily I don’t think anyone was stung and a beekeeper arrived  after a couple of hours and removed the swarm in a box.' tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 I- S) b) ]4 D
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Terrifying: Staff had to retreat inside the shop as the bees settled on their wares

Tackled: A beekeeper collects the bees and later handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper¿s Association

Collection: A beekeeper collects the swarm which forced  the shop in Hereford to close last Sunday
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Shopper Jane Thomas, 31, was walking along  with her young daughter when she spotted the bees.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 x: A( q1 z" I$ N
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 ~& P! u! M2 M& @! [; R$ Z$ ?

'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.'

The bees swarmed into the town centre after  being released from a hive at a nearby museum.
Amateur beekeeper Hazel Highfield collected  the bees and handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper’s  Association.公仔箱論壇$ c: n; B6 k6 H2 v3 v0 {2 X1 ]
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She said: 'They would only have been  interested in finding a new home, when they are like that the bees are very  placid.! D' S) `( b& Y0 H0 M& U3 ]  R: {
'They feed up on honey before they leave the  hive.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 L+ q% b+ n6 m9 I) S# v
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Workers 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 outside
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Bees and wasps 'kill more people in Britain than Al-Qaeda do'2 z9 x- g, B6 s

Terrorism 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’ .

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. % Y+ r, F) ]" f3 F! |0 b$ B

Neither had there been any bombings linked to  Islamic extremists in Europe last year.

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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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.
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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. 6 w" b7 }, U% F: d; R) N+ s6 `

‘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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