Bee-seiged! The terrifying moment a buzzing swarm of 3,000 bees descended on florists as workers cowered inside, Z$ w3 j' e1 p8 f: K) r
- 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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5 c5 x l- T, F. w" |This is the dramatic moment a swarm of 3,000 bees descended on a florists as workers hid inside.
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$ J+ F: S5 X* P {/ o6 jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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。1 M4 V( S1 ?: Q& S3 i
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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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1 f3 C8 s! v% w H8 V* _公仔箱論壇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 problemtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: O! t2 x2 m& W- R( D. I% d
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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.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。: c$ S% m1 C* m* B
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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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( y6 A( S+ a1 |% s'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公仔箱論壇- y) b# ~, s# Q2 ?4 T1 s- W
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Tackled: A beekeeper collects the bees and later handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper¿s Association5.39.217.76/ @. g8 k- C9 J; v
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" c; a3 K& D0 d, Atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbCollection: A beekeeper collects the swarm which forced the shop in Hereford to close last Sunday
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/ d- ]8 Q+ O. \! J: s4 z6 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。Shopper Jane Thomas, 31, was walking along with her young daughter when she spotted the bees.
( e$ b' v3 R! C" Q4 {) Z2 ?5.39.217.76She 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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'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.'' ~- h8 C3 X9 {" m- i7 Q7 Y+ e
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0 x, R Z" v/ ]7 m: _ Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe bees swarmed into the town centre after being released from a hive at a nearby museum.
, Z1 V; p0 i2 |* ~/ Y) ?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.公仔箱論壇+ Z" d4 T* b5 _) j
" ?# t. t; N; S& J- Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbShe said: 'They would only have been interested in finding a new home, when they are like that the bees are very placid.公仔箱論壇) |4 f6 ?4 O4 ~" ?) C
'They feed up on honey before they leave the hive.'公仔箱論壇4 v" V$ h8 z# \7 z: G( ?3 s: ?% |. m2 @
6 Z& u2 E+ R2 H7 JWorkers 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.公仔箱論壇/ M% L: j: I7 x8 I: B) H
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5 N& x. T! j U/ Q. t% H公仔箱論壇Swarm: Shoppers fled across the road after spotting the bees gathered outside
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9 U& ?1 o$ i/ q$ k' i2 j1 f: ~Bees and wasps 'kill more people in Britain than Al-Qaeda do'4 _% b+ b. M5 t; _$ r/ W4 u
6 ^# n# g8 B3 _ T5.39.217.76Terrorism kills fewer people in the UK than bees and wasps, according to a report by the government’s terrorism watchdog.
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7 x; I; K) ~6 V* K" D; f5.39.217.76An 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. ; Q x( [& m+ F7 t, k3 T1 G
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Neither had there been any bombings linked to Islamic extremists in Europe last year.
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+ {. p8 H h a5.39.217.76Arrests 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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+ U% C, u2 x+ q2 |: w! \5.39.217.76In 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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$ x: N) {5 m$ V/ J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. 5.39.217.765 X5 t: t+ E+ T, ~
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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.’5.39.217.76& s+ o- M; O$ Z, A) J( `0 f
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