Bee-seiged! The terrifying moment a buzzing swarm of 3,000 bees descended on florists as workers cowered inside5.39.217.762 o" h9 T3 r8 n
- 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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$ K% O4 `, z+ @5 MThis 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.5.39.217.76' y# d+ P" n( s4 G+ V4 [
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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.0 @6 H \( C, `" V. t" C! i' `+ v# y
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* U5 I; G5 m7 V0 d* X3 i9 `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbInvasion: A swarm of 3,000 bees descends on the florists in Hereford while the workers lock themselves inside
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& h- q. k! w1 e! x$ c( E5.39.217.76Swarming: 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。+ V8 V( l# A0 l6 }
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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.2 N& \5 R+ \* D% z$ A
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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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'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.' 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。* [: v: P, g, R( T8 H1 [5 ]% R
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Terrifying: Staff had to retreat inside the shop as the bees settled on their wares5.39.217.761 A3 N/ d( }" N, k4 ~2 v
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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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9 Y! e; K. f* q% tCollection: 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。) h' w' h8 l4 V6 R" a6 _
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Shopper Jane Thomas, 31, was walking along with her young daughter when she spotted the 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。# ]' R& F2 X l# o4 Z, C
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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'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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The bees swarmed into the town centre after being released from a hive at a nearby museum.
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5 ]3 |( }4 o7 ~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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4 d6 u8 m2 T* N! o% T2 B- YWorkers 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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Swarm: Shoppers fled across the road after spotting the bees gathered outside
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, F% b* r/ g f5 q0 EBees 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. 6 z }" O. G7 I6 E8 a$ H
8 N5 B: r8 W# t$ gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNeither had there been any bombings linked to Islamic extremists in Europe last year.
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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. 5.39.217.76, n7 A# ]9 q! l% |/ v
8 G ~2 _, h* M0 q3 N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. 公仔箱論壇% W9 s. O. N+ C6 U. |, 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.’* J" u& Q- Q7 z5 h3 e+ n
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