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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This is the dramatic moment a swarm of 3,000 bees descended on a florists as workers hid inside.5.39.217.765 d8 d; f7 m: I- E
3 W0 o+ P( L7 ^- m, B5.39.217.76The shop was forced to close for more than two hours in Hereford city centre while a beekeeper was called.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& e/ [; R m* t4 j- b
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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.
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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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* Q' S8 e3 x: f! F8 c7 s5.39.217.76Swarming: Bees gather on a flower pot as beekeepers are called to tackle the problemtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& i0 {4 A3 ? b7 f$ ?& r
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) Z/ Z4 B2 C8 G; P. l9 e* A
; R, l2 g: B8 ^7 b3 A/ U0 h' t'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 wares% o$ ^' g7 Z) L6 A% A# D 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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/ A) \1 x: k0 o+ V0 uCollection: 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.
e2 d6 @# V' q, jShe 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.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。% s2 r/ j' o. {. I. o
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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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' H9 T# v3 X6 [1 B) G6 v* yThe bees swarmed into the town centre after being released from a hive at a nearby museum.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。 I6 k7 F" G; n6 Y D) ]5 N7 ^
Amateur beekeeper Hazel Highfield collected the bees and handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper’s Association.5.39.217.766 a% ~, K8 A0 b2 D8 E
# d5 s8 ]5 F5 ?# n2 O公仔箱論壇She 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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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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^: G3 [4 o+ w) bSwarm: Shoppers fled across the road after spotting the bees gathered outside/ H8 p4 I! R* z5 Z! B
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Bees and wasps 'kill more people in Britain than Al-Qaeda do'
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m/ \! }3 f3 ?6 A- \9 {# M4 G公仔箱論壇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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y3 T& ^' p. o# v5.39.217.76An 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.
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- }. ?2 Z' V* A5 d0 |3 p* U3 gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNeither had there been any bombings linked to Islamic extremists in Europe last year. 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。- e% z, r& s8 g! T" [( O
4 e7 r' _0 W" i- @6 S, uArrests 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. $ e d: r: d6 w5 \9 Z
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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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‘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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