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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. x# i3 \( a1 K; f$ J" tThis 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.公仔箱論壇! D' O# x b! c( f5 d g! E
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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.5 t2 @+ \! i6 r; B" u) X& q5 t! k
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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 L$ A. c" i2 }1 k! n, y
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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.
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' Z+ Q2 f3 C2 D! C& ?, Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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.'
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% u$ N0 {6 j4 p; n3 qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTerrifying: Staff had to retreat inside the shop as the bees settled on their wares公仔箱論壇% ^+ a3 b. B6 `6 t
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Tackled: A beekeeper collects the bees and later handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper¿s Association5 ^5 t) B6 H3 R7 I4 r. Z! ]2 H
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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.5.39.217.76) X; U3 b; Y4 N. R2 _: @% m
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.4 \6 v/ z+ I9 v0 u" I3 k, m
Amateur beekeeper Hazel Highfield collected the bees and handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper’s Association.
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7 a0 t$ c0 |, D0 F- Q4 Ctvb 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.
' j* d$ U; |% e ~& [* j4 M) Y'They feed up on honey before they leave the hive.'5.39.217.76: V( j% y- e% O5 ]3 {5 l: B; ~& s
. {9 t/ M \. v) t8 otvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWorkers 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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- ?. F" m2 ~7 m+ |9 BSwarm: 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'公仔箱論壇! a4 y9 I5 o# D0 ~7 P* n) E* T
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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.5.39.217.761 j; q0 w+ c: P+ B3 A7 r- D) a
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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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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. / t/ Z; a2 X' f4 H) R( z
5 D- E( f% n* b1 w* U4 L6 U‘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.’
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