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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This is the dramatic moment a swarm of 3,000 bees descended on a florists as workers hid inside.
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- R% B5 q* a2 d9 C/ N) zThe shop was forced to close for more than two hours in Hereford city centre while a beekeeper was called.
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9 N8 q6 N8 C8 c# `) b9 @2 k1 S公仔箱論壇The invasion of the buzzing insects also caused chaos for shoppers as they swarmed around the store front last Sunday afternoon.公仔箱論壇6 Z# L" G' K7 c2 B$ E) C) M$ y8 {
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& @# \7 w0 _+ Y6 Y公仔箱論壇Invasion: A swarm of 3,000 bees descends on the florists in Hereford while the workers lock themselves inside5.39.217.76 j1 {9 v: h( p+ @# f# a9 R
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: n6 G" Q; k4 Y" h& k& J P5.39.217.76Swarming: Bees gather on a flower pot as beekeepers are called to tackle the problem
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- D, T3 ^: Z" f5.39.217.76A 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.公仔箱論壇0 r# ?: X0 h* f( V! | W k" o
" M& h* F2 S5 R8 R, w公仔箱論壇'They must have been attracted by the pollen in the flowers we had in a few pots outside.. o6 e0 r- l& V+ }& S7 }4 a# }+ M
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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.' 公仔箱論壇- W5 Z- T# Q2 l/ @9 J9 v( n
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Terrifying: Staff had to retreat inside the shop as the bees settled on their wares. |1 y ~: F6 `
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Tackled: A beekeeper collects the bees and later handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper¿s Association公仔箱論壇' ^: M1 J# D) s. i
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# N. p0 A# x2 K4 v- Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbCollection: A beekeeper collects the swarm which forced the shop in Hereford to close last Sunday/ _# f7 n9 P( k. E% K( c+ l$ l; F
. d/ u4 K* J0 R6 E" ?6 y5.39.217.76Shopper Jane Thomas, 31, was walking along with her young daughter when she spotted the bees.
; W' N: L4 h& Y: k0 OShe 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.'公仔箱論壇* ^2 d5 `) f! J1 O' E0 [
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The bees swarmed into the town centre after being released from a hive at a nearby museum.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" ?& H }+ L g* U; X1 Y, L7 J7 V
Amateur beekeeper Hazel Highfield collected the bees and handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper’s Association. _8 a$ Q( S/ a% X( \$ ^ |5 z) A+ L
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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.
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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. s6 c4 i3 {" r4 U
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5 i& ~& {5 x m/ s+ T- ? @1 GSwarm: Shoppers fled across the road after spotting the bees gathered outside0 T2 m; V" O% m n# q A
2 ^5 N T% A2 I5 ~1 Z$ |5.39.217.76Bees and wasps 'kill more people in Britain than Al-Qaeda do'# I B/ k: o9 [$ h6 i- a
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) `. v+ O6 ?' h+ d公仔箱論壇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’ .5.39.217.76. h9 j: ?8 F* l/ e; d, B2 h2 N
S3 n9 P; t! c u) _& Y5.39.217.76David 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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& Q" B& |6 j' r0 j; w; T公仔箱論壇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. 公仔箱論壇 W% @0 r7 K7 n, a
4 M8 _0 k& k0 l& g: A3 p( Q& |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。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,bttvb9 F# e9 E2 T7 l
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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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