Bee-seiged! The terrifying moment a buzzing swarm of 3,000 bees descended on florists as workers cowered inside
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- Store was shut for two hours while a beekeeper was called to tackle swarm
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0 P, G; F3 B( IThis is the dramatic moment a swarm of 3,000 bees descended on a florists as workers hid inside.公仔箱論壇% ~' q, f! C3 h* v2 u; X
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The shop was forced to close for more than two hours in Hereford city centre while a beekeeper was called.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。, l9 k( b( h; e G0 H
, {2 O4 L4 t8 ]2 K2 @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe invasion of the buzzing insects also caused chaos for shoppers as they swarmed around the store front last Sunday afternoon.3 m7 {' D5 [% ^& R/ w
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6 j d. \* h1 h2 M7 mInvasion: A swarm of 3,000 bees descends on the florists in Hereford while the workers lock themselves inside公仔箱論壇) C# D0 s, W- v2 d
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6 Y$ W- R) X) n% x2 O. K( k# HSwarming: Bees gather on a flower pot as beekeepers are called to tackle the problem
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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.
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- w, b& v7 l6 ]- r$ [7 q5 i1 V'They must have been attracted by the pollen in the flowers we had in a few pots outside.
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) i, N8 |' h+ A3 V1 c! V'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.' 公仔箱論壇( u2 z# k5 Y. Y* \1 N6 p) A2 L
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4 f$ Y' O! r* y c& rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTerrifying: Staff had to retreat inside the shop as the bees settled on their wares% a! X- j6 ]% g+ E; l
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; @' S G+ r: r6 s/ Etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTackled: A beekeeper collects the bees and later handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper¿s Association
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* ]5 [/ i( a* W* Q7 Q, ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbCollection: A beekeeper collects the swarm which forced the shop in Hereford to close last Sunday
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1 \1 [/ [! S4 ^! m+ }$ `7 `* [( ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbShopper Jane Thomas, 31, was walking along with her young daughter when she spotted the bees.
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'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.'
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- n X' d* t2 h7 @% XThe bees swarmed into the town centre after being released from a hive at a nearby museum.
2 I+ }) t5 d! u; o/ g4 gAmateur beekeeper Hazel Highfield collected the bees and handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper’s Association.5.39.217.76# w! a& D$ f/ I$ @" ^
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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.1 P1 \4 `' k- h& L& l
'They feed up on honey before they leave the hive.'
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; a# m& x% K( K4 U' q+ d2 j5 e5.39.217.76Workers 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'
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Terrorism kills fewer people in the UK than bees and wasps, according to a report by the government’s terrorism watchdog.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 K% N _1 S8 ^! f( u
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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’ .公仔箱論壇4 w5 u, E9 t3 G1 G
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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. 公仔箱論壇 P i1 ?. N7 b* z5 h8 y2 I
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Neither had there been any bombings linked to Islamic extremists in Europe last year. 0 h' q8 d0 P* t) u
: F: o4 Y& u, R5 t. stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbArrests 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. ; N/ r, J" O0 [5 J1 n2 x5 X
0 E; y0 V5 F: u5 S% ~. m+ k' oIn 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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f, ]8 i& D/ J; w1 eTVBNOW 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。‘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. 7 k: O7 U, I1 _7 c" _
# M6 M# Z* m3 |2 T/ B6 T‘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.’tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ A) {9 w4 Q; L3 j U$ L+ S
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