Bee-seiged! The terrifying moment a buzzing swarm of 3,000 bees descended on florists as workers cowered inside4 n+ g+ P: p- f- A; {$ X
- 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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. J+ M+ M6 E9 c0 Z( k+ f* f公仔箱論壇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.5 Q% o- X0 Y$ V) I
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Invasion: A swarm of 3,000 bees descends on the florists in Hereford while the workers lock themselves insidetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb W* e7 I& j |
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1 I' P$ E x; s% u1 L9 H8 xSwarming: Bees gather on a flower pot as beekeepers are called to tackle the problem2 o- ~& U3 \5 k0 }+ j5 l
3 r3 ~4 N& X/ J, @- WA 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" l$ ]) v5 [& }- H8 U1 j: ?" D2 ]
7 B4 J+ W: o, J7 Ftvb 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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Terrifying: Staff had to retreat inside the shop as the bees settled on their waresTVBNOW 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 R8 d( i( d1 L- E* L
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Tackled: A beekeeper collects the bees and later handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper¿s Associationos.tvboxnow.com( m# {) G# Z9 X5 }1 b3 z1 P! T, X% p3 ?
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' P9 |! J- i. Z1 C# H2 ~Collection: A beekeeper collects the swarm which forced the shop in Hereford to close last Sunday. m. X3 i& ^3 w- S) I6 p) B W
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Shopper Jane Thomas, 31, was walking along with her young daughter when she spotted the bees.
" B1 @, n( j' s# b- J. t htvb 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.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 z9 t% B: P: C h" I% D
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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.
# a. `! ^9 W5 Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmateur beekeeper Hazel Highfield collected the bees and handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper’s Association.& x3 c8 O. W! 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.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。8 S- q' G) |% Z9 N; H
'They feed up on honey before they leave the hive.'
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3 V" Z8 ~ \$ Y! r7 Jtvb 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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Swarm: 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'
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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- B9 q1 o" z8 k: [2 k- j" m
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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’ .tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 a$ Y1 p+ z! ]- T
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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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# J* ]3 z( B, H% |; P, q+ u7 _Neither had there been any bombings linked to Islamic extremists in Europe last year.
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4 n" [! h4 @6 {) atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbArrests 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. " h1 p& b) @$ h! @$ P
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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.
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! {% p! N- q. {) T2 J7 `‘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.’tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 G: h5 g. i6 j8 L
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