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
By Rob Cooper
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: ]0 d" l( t. w: L9 ?. q. S5.39.217.76This is the dramatic moment a swarm of 3,000 bees descended on a florists as workers hid inside.
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The shop was forced to close for more than two hours in Hereford city centre while a beekeeper was called.+ P& w& C2 }# a
' |. t& s8 Q. [8 B( r! oThe invasion of the buzzing insects also caused chaos for shoppers as they swarmed around the store front last Sunday afternoon.5 }$ I. ^7 O2 m& w: n* e3 u
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Invasion: A swarm of 3,000 bees descends on the florists in Hereford while the workers lock themselves insideTVBNOW 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 [6 _ _9 Y6 t6 H6 i
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Swarming: 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。# q3 E: N3 a/ F* E# q
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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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'They must have been attracted by the pollen in the flowers we had in a few pots outside.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。7 f' [! t8 d% \3 X9 U4 g
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'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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Terrifying: Staff had to retreat inside the shop as the bees settled on their warestvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 Y h* N' [4 D/ M6 y- }0 R
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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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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.9 o0 y1 Y6 B) q8 _/ D* 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.公仔箱論壇; G) F) {% a0 w# ^$ |/ r
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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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She said: 'They would only have been interested in finding a new home, when they are like that the bees are very placid.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& h$ U( b' a" Q R1 H. H
'They feed up on honey before they leave the hive.'
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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.0 C2 z2 t+ A+ d) Z! b8 g: x/ @* z
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Swarm: Shoppers fled across the road after spotting the bees gathered outside
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6 g( I4 f( K6 u% X5 L' f6 a公仔箱論壇Bees and wasps 'kill more people in Britain than Al-Qaeda do'
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, ^5 I7 Q4 n1 t- RTerrorism kills fewer people in the UK than bees and wasps, according to a report by the government’s terrorism watchdog.
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. L$ o4 h5 o0 h, g- H: WAn 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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1 u: Q; {5 J4 f: n) y1 sDavid 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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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. 9 i( M" h6 _& h7 u
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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. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb |, }, f% h* N$ N# ~+ E
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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. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 d' |1 y4 I O" S' w! a
. a$ ]' y4 V* d3 y5 Y( X‘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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