Bee-seiged! The terrifying moment a buzzing swarm of 3,000 bees descended on florists as workers cowered inside5.39.217.765 l8 k7 {: \9 O/ Q" P+ @6 N7 v
- 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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" {, p E! L% c. p$ z4 JThis is the dramatic moment a swarm of 3,000 bees descended on a florists as workers hid inside.% M, `: s1 }6 [% 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.
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6 ~8 Z9 f% |* D0 vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe invasion of the buzzing insects also caused chaos for shoppers as they swarmed around the store front last Sunday afternoon.
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) i- Z% `; @6 b" sInvasion: A swarm of 3,000 bees descends on the florists in Hereford while the workers lock themselves inside
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# n$ E. N! y* I" S& KSwarming: Bees gather on a flower pot as beekeepers are called to tackle the problem公仔箱論壇, K+ A& j. k7 p: u2 c! \: T, p
# v7 o& c! [2 C* U; `3 w a$ AA 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.. _9 c( X9 h$ s/ M) Z
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'They must have been attracted by the pollen in the flowers we had in a few pots outside.' C/ [. m p* R
$ [! `0 }0 d1 r/ [- [3 x. U! W公仔箱論壇'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.'
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# g. ^) H. G7 H5 _公仔箱論壇Terrifying: Staff had to retreat inside the shop as the bees settled on their wares
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Tackled: A beekeeper collects the bees and later handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper¿s Association
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$ L+ d5 u! j }# k N- @* |( _公仔箱論壇Collection: A beekeeper collects the swarm which forced the shop in Hereford to close last SundayTVBNOW 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。- s1 E. q0 i- Y) m
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Shopper Jane Thomas, 31, was walking along with her young daughter when she spotted the bees.& g4 T1 h0 D8 w `2 O
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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- J5 E. B1 X$ v'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.') i, J ~0 M1 ^+ i2 y6 a
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The bees swarmed into the town centre after being released from a hive at a nearby museum.
. O. Q9 i7 d" q' `$ `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。Amateur beekeeper Hazel Highfield collected the bees and handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper’s Association.5.39.217.766 b6 W% x1 Z0 z8 S) l; N% p
, s0 I' X3 S* x# w% ?2 A5.39.217.76She 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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2 d. a+ y3 `/ t3 i4 z% V0 S公仔箱論壇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.5.39.217.76; j+ ^; y! [! {* t. a2 x
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0 w* D( x1 _0 I公仔箱論壇Swarm: Shoppers fled across the road after spotting the bees gathered outsideTVBNOW 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。1 }9 X( m! i9 X% h# n/ @
! j4 v' d- K7 ^* Z/ W公仔箱論壇Bees and wasps 'kill more people in Britain than Al-Qaeda do'
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: H( F/ k2 @! o& r6 X5.39.217.76Terrorism kills fewer people in the UK than bees and wasps, according to a report by the government’s terrorism watchdog.
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" u$ M) O9 ^$ o1 g d8 L5.39.217.76An 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. " G' [& J2 j7 z# a
1 V$ D! I [) E! c5.39.217.76Neither had there been any bombings linked to Islamic extremists in Europe last year.
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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. ) X% F! {0 _* @
7 `# }) @# a" G" a6 a- o' w) i; c& aTVBNOW 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。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. 2 p/ `( i* F: B4 n
# m0 M6 i8 G. ~4 R/ x公仔箱論壇‘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. 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。 J, ?7 _4 x: I& p/ n
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‘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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