Bee-seiged! The terrifying moment a buzzing swarm of 3,000 bees descended on florists as workers cowered inside# Q/ ?3 B4 B. S# [
- 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
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This 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.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。) J1 x. S8 `) `/ j
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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.) R4 o; b! d! f; P& h4 ?5 y
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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& Y% K. a6 d+ I1 a5 e5 N2 p; L
+ ?# i k/ J- J3 d公仔箱論壇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.
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5 {; D& U, \0 Y5 z9 |4 C- `% ^1 dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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
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" {* C! E- ~9 K1 \/ p公仔箱論壇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公仔箱論壇/ o4 v3 k* e' N. p% L
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Shopper Jane Thomas, 31, was walking along with her young daughter when she spotted the bees.
5 Q# e y- C+ zShe 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.. Z- O6 t* ~5 N$ Q6 n, t% x
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5 A% d+ M1 ^7 d/ z; e2 }The bees swarmed into the town centre after being released from a hive at a nearby museum.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( b& ^5 ^. n# b/ U: V
Amateur beekeeper Hazel Highfield collected the bees and handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper’s Association.
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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.: Q( L8 x8 }7 d# P. u
'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.
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/ r& }6 G+ C. V3 Z0 cSwarm: 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.
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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’ .
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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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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.
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3 ?1 W+ Z* j+ r) N2 ^# t5.39.217.76In 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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" C$ e! ]0 [* M1 g5 [5 ]# y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.
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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.’tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: u* j1 f/ {5 b V4 ]- ]" B
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