Bee-seiged! The terrifying moment a buzzing swarm of 3,000 bees descended on florists as workers cowered inside
5 ^: J* E5 W2 R公仔箱論壇- 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.
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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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The invasion of the buzzing insects also caused chaos for shoppers as they swarmed around the store front last Sunday afternoon.
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5 O, h& z7 m* Y K1 h N1 ?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
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4 K9 j* D) G: A! k9 hTVBNOW 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。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.3 r/ r) l0 E, ~& l' l l
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'They must have been attracted by the pollen in the flowers we had in a few pots outside.9 N/ h8 t' ]* _: ?; a: w7 ^
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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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* o( x% S! e& _5 V2 _; X! W5.39.217.76Terrifying: Staff had to retreat inside the shop as the bees settled on their wares
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4 D9 g% d# p/ G# |/ b1 Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTackled: A beekeeper collects the bees and later handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper¿s Association7 g* T' J0 g% W. w' }. A
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Collection: A beekeeper collects the swarm which forced the shop in Hereford to close last Sundaytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 C' B7 V2 ^( r7 x7 M
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Shopper Jane Thomas, 31, was walking along with her young daughter when she spotted the bees.公仔箱論壇$ n. T. x% o- ^6 g
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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6 ?0 Z, @+ ?* {1 ]" X* z5.39.217.76'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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# W& Q( v) }* {公仔箱論壇The bees swarmed into the town centre after being released from a hive at a nearby museum.( [7 E5 }6 S% d, Z( r5 u5 C
Amateur beekeeper Hazel Highfield collected the bees and handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper’s Association.
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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.公仔箱論壇/ f5 w: u) s$ b6 j, m7 d
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Swarm: Shoppers fled across the road after spotting the bees gathered outside8 V& n9 w8 R5 {% \: X4 h
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Bees and wasps 'kill more people in Britain than Al-Qaeda do'
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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.公仔箱論壇" ]) K8 g: Z! T% j: n' J6 a3 i
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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’ .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。# ^% p) [ ~0 u: L% H5 i; [* z* b
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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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; [6 a0 ]1 y6 ^& F. q! U6 \( {) D公仔箱論壇Neither had there been any bombings linked to Islamic extremists in Europe last year. 公仔箱論壇+ x1 h- C8 K: _& V S8 f3 X
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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. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# u9 C' d/ [" e! E. d' {
' @* ~. O8 x/ o- RTVBNOW 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.
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9 I2 _! R, ^. h0 uTVBNOW 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 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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