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.
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+ u+ b' ?6 _+ p* ]! itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe invasion of the buzzing insects also caused chaos for shoppers as they swarmed around the store front last Sunday afternoon.
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1 G! j! d; c: O( c+ ~' p/ l) {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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Swarming: Bees gather on a flower pot as beekeepers are called to tackle the problem
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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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'They must have been attracted by the pollen in the flowers we had in a few pots outside.
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3 `. I& X- T' h'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6 {& m. R7 z/ R0 m5 m" l
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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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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 o( |# G! y3 V; ~& R% z公仔箱論壇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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. u7 `7 c: C! _3 Z/ k0 u
% w+ q$ c- Z0 }% |* G7 J3 i9 Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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.
8 Z% ~ N, R9 R4 s7 O+ {) s公仔箱論壇Amateur beekeeper Hazel Highfield collected the bees and handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper’s Association.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb U* m: X6 f9 g1 `' S5 i
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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.
/ G1 f* o7 Y6 W9 xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'They feed up on honey before they leave the hive.'
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, [' t" _0 ]. t/ t* jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSwarm: Shoppers fled across the road after spotting the bees gathered outside
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1 l. O9 O, f8 x W$ w4 ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBees and wasps 'kill more people in Britain than Al-Qaeda do'5.39.217.76 i$ _/ h- ^! E5 g- } ~5 e: Y, @ \
* x9 n5 S. {/ m7 ~) d+ b/ QTerrorism kills fewer people in the UK than bees and wasps, according to a report by the government’s terrorism watchdog.5.39.217.76% z# E+ o; j, H/ k- a. E
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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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9 Q+ |3 v% z* a公仔箱論壇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. ( H4 o/ x, c0 b. z5 k
$ E* t$ _+ G1 W' x$ ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNeither had there been any bombings linked to Islamic extremists in Europe last year. 5 Y8 } Q3 u9 }% E }4 T
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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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& N8 `" O' F; O; K& Ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIn 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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/ A! ]- Z4 ^* V$ j; c1 `; V‘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. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 n2 U2 Y$ P8 X; E+ g6 v
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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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