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.
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The shop was forced to close for more than two hours in Hereford city centre while a beekeeper was called.1 r" u; i- \) Q3 l0 h0 K5 G. }2 r
$ s6 _4 ?+ |0 y/ N) W1 l5.39.217.76The 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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Swarming: 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。/ f0 E& V4 o. ]/ P" w- X1 U" G
5 v- B# e4 j2 a8 S& I6 a% j, p3 ~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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5 |/ F- u: X9 N2 L' Q8 J'They must have been attracted by the pollen in the flowers we had in a few pots outside.
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" f) E: z; F& w" R/ H+ w'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。2 o, Y2 h% ?& f+ b
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Terrifying: Staff had to retreat inside the shop as the bees settled on their wares
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Tackled: A beekeeper collects the bees and later handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper¿s Association5.39.217.766 S1 K! _2 ]+ k7 ~) R# ~
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Collection: 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.0 E9 Y5 J: X" h% I+ L- P% }1 S
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.# _3 }# C0 `7 x1 d% U1 X
Amateur beekeeper Hazel Highfield collected the bees and handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper’s Association.公仔箱論壇3 X5 s$ s7 G# L, f# |
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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.
! v9 h( W6 k+ |5 N'They feed up on honey before they leave the hive.'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。! x* Z7 E' f$ W2 V* Z: L' \" N
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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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: p" L7 N7 Z1 \Swarm: Shoppers fled across the road after spotting the bees gathered outsideTVBNOW 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。2 [# h6 w6 d3 f+ B$ q2 P) L! {5 K7 O
' S; |% n, \# R- A' ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBees and wasps 'kill more people in Britain than Al-Qaeda do'; y9 }) U4 Y7 Q
0 p+ ]9 h1 c3 J ~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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! R7 A+ Q7 y. z# X2 j h$ {+ F$ PNeither had there been any bombings linked to Islamic extremists in Europe last year.
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4 m! u' ~! T# j) |8 i; F# S$ L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.
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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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) }# ~# r/ t4 _: K! X. r B‘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. 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& g- m( U; b" b S
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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.’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。0 m U( T1 B2 S- \0 T4 `
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