Bee-seiged! The terrifying moment a buzzing swarm of 3,000 bees descended on florists as workers cowered inside公仔箱論壇0 }7 {* e7 E% c4 j3 o4 a8 u
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
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This is the dramatic moment a swarm of 3,000 bees descended on a florists as workers hid inside.5.39.217.76# z( Q. y$ k* F( O! z' Q) N/ R) g
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The shop was forced to close for more than two hours in Hereford city centre while a beekeeper was called. 2 _ c6 K' b/ y: b# C5.39.217.76 2 t" K6 S4 N6 S- A& M8 k9 ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe invasion of the buzzing insects also caused chaos for shoppers as they swarmed around the store front last Sunday afternoon.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 J B3 R9 D& @& E% P8 H" _& j
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Invasion: A swarm of 3,000 bees descends on the florists in Hereford while the workers lock themselves inside ' h# H$ l' [* cTVBNOW 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。 & {3 u! H2 I3 P9 g3 \; E+ [9 i" h. U
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。7 q6 N1 N w J# N/ t( 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. . y t$ P* X# I% v! ]5.39.217.76TVBNOW 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。- @, \4 K( A; V% C& p: U, p) Z
'They must have been attracted by the pollen in the flowers we had in a few pots outside. * l* ]) J. ~. p8 t4 A! Z5.39.217.76' E1 U7 v1 c( ~1 F A
'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.' 4 v; E) n9 C$ {. e+ U7 |5.39.217.76公仔箱論壇, ?' F! [7 K9 Q; o - N1 _" w/ L5 r) @3 O% f- q1 ~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。Terrifying: Staff had to retreat inside the shop as the bees settled on their wares 3 Q& S. _$ x2 v: B6 X5 r6 [$ utvb now,tvbnow,bttvb " d1 D5 P: @4 _; N: Y4 C9 c/ d& O9 u5 ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb * C6 r2 \7 K* `( N公仔箱論壇Tackled: A beekeeper collects the bees and later handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper¿s Association; z2 @' q6 o" e
5 ]- B& t, J& \3 YTVBNOW 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 t1 s, k7 f) s0 O+ a2 fCollection: A beekeeper collects the swarm which forced the shop in Hereford to close last Sunday 9 a/ C. l1 _0 i2 o2 ~. P. T- zTVBNOW 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。 + Z+ \ k9 z. p9 W' q" f: h/ |2 eShopper Jane Thomas, 31, was walking along with her young daughter when she spotted the bees. " \2 E& H- R3 _* [1 btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbShe 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. `3 G X% S2 o4 x" k: O , S' V$ l0 a8 Q9 R'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& n# |* G; y( g% w O) C: ]
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! O- ~$ L1 u/ c9 R' l+ B' f2 [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。The bees swarmed into the town centre after being released from a hive at a nearby museum. 8 X4 n1 N" U) |. V. |% lTVBNOW 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. - ]1 M* b4 `' ]. S. r M, H* W* E& v& |3 E9 d
She said: 'They would only have been interested in finding a new home, when they are like that the bees are very placid.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# O1 R# x# h0 k, _8 L; s' I
'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。: k+ q$ C. R5 O8 B9 S6 T8 k- Q8 j
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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. & V( z6 k$ m, {. `8 a. Ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 f6 Y j0 ]' A- a. U0 M7 o A- X5 V " k9 c. A: l! d" C. vTVBNOW 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。Swarm: Shoppers fled across the road after spotting the bees gathered outside Y- }; _ _1 N0 ?# c- r7 w5.39.217.76 ( ~. S$ ~. R: w6 j5.39.217.76Bees and wasps 'kill more people in Britain than Al-Qaeda do'" W1 H; {; I7 l* r
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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. : ~: A4 J" w8 H) h2 xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇9 L7 y' z( g. ?; y% G
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 ]0 _2 v5 V' `$ H& ~7 }
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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. ; v7 U$ ^( l |9 w, }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 5 ? n0 p' p" z- b6 w& jIn 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. 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。3 t; J# z5 U8 D5 H% W. l2 X) x
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‘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. 8 ^8 s6 z6 O8 g# N/ ?3 K% s6 [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 h- a8 ? S' a1 c
‘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.’# X; w4 C E/ U2 Q8 _9 v' u4 x