Bee-seiged! The terrifying moment a buzzing swarm of 3,000 bees descended on florists as workers cowered inside
6 j* H; f9 ?* n5 Z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
By Rob Cooper
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2 W( T% U" j6 |% L公仔箱論壇This is the dramatic moment a swarm of 3,000 bees descended on a florists as workers hid inside.' I4 y# S Q$ l( A* |9 K! o- {8 g; \
3 _9 ~( }4 [. R3 y1 f; _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.- n# X$ w* r" K; ~1 B
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* G( F* K: ]" P2 P1 Q/ Qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbInvasion: A swarm of 3,000 bees descends on the florists in Hereford while the workers lock themselves inside! \5 \; l' r& `' w5 s* k" I
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( T* M, A8 v2 V% L1 Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSwarming: Bees gather on a flower pot as beekeepers are called to tackle the problem
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3 M8 r) D7 e& RA 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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% L3 e7 H H3 n; C'They must have been attracted by the pollen in the flowers we had in a few pots outside.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 y9 l& J$ i4 W0 M- s F
6 b, ]2 s h3 f; k h, I, Y; Q'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.' os.tvboxnow.com7 Y4 l! _2 t% G! y
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Terrifying: Staff had to retreat inside the shop as the bees settled on their wares
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6 ~- j: E& X( x0 P7 E/ l+ ]公仔箱論壇Tackled: A beekeeper collects the bees and later handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper¿s Association公仔箱論壇% Q) x3 z D+ H2 l! @
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Collection: A beekeeper collects the swarm which forced the shop in Hereford to close last Sunday
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. {: B1 O# ~ u# @# {2 d2 R7 jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbShopper Jane Thomas, 31, was walking along with her young daughter when she spotted the bees.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。( x/ |: b. ^- N
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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8 m3 U" E$ y5 J- R4 ^" k' Z" B'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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! Q8 ?: C, F4 U% p; v. ~1 X
Amateur beekeeper Hazel Highfield collected the bees and handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper’s Association.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。( J, T( o8 S, ~6 W6 r8 Z! w4 t
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- F) z2 Y% t+ D s6 b1 v8 [
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] y3 C; w: `6 rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBees and wasps 'kill more people in Britain than Al-Qaeda do'os.tvboxnow.com# n2 a) n( Y- A5 m/ J3 ^2 V
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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.7 ]0 m. x. H2 M. S
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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. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' G9 W1 t' V: N0 L8 J
& E2 b+ Y) j, g公仔箱論壇Neither had there been any bombings linked to Islamic extremists in Europe last year. 公仔箱論壇- m' V' X/ ~( x/ \5 f/ Z
' z2 L$ G( s4 W, C5 _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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( Z6 N D4 d( {- e0 ?1 rIn 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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‘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.’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。$ t4 b( u9 n1 j* @
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