Bee-seiged! The terrifying moment a buzzing swarm of 3,000 bees descended on florists as workers cowered insidewww.tvboxnow.com5 y1 m4 X8 F: y+ X0 J
- 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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' C L8 Q% M& ]This is the dramatic moment a swarm of 3,000 bees descended on a florists as workers hid inside.公仔箱論壇1 D8 z, K+ l p
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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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2 l9 ^# @; Z( h/ }/ oThe invasion of the buzzing insects also caused chaos for shoppers as they swarmed around the store front last Sunday afternoon.
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; ]% z1 y8 u- H公仔箱論壇Invasion: A swarm of 3,000 bees descends on the florists in Hereford while the workers lock themselves inside9 T l2 x: v( f1 v
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$ s6 _; V( {1 M+ ^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.公仔箱論壇; T8 B3 Q6 ?9 F6 z9 z( y
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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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# }4 }3 i3 H* H. z; H% k'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 wares
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Tackled: A beekeeper collects the bees and later handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper¿s Associationtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 \4 {% A- ^" }' R$ k5 [- {0 T' I
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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.# } N2 q6 e- t0 C. w1 w- j' o3 o
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.& O* ^% @& [; @; `4 }
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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.'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。) {5 A5 s0 T9 K; S* N' B& l
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The bees swarmed into the town centre after being released from a hive at a nearby museum.
1 O" f. a6 v* l' z& _2 L: Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmateur beekeeper Hazel Highfield collected the bees and handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper’s Association.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 `* e' t/ c' R/ l" \* p
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, z2 U' `1 u) \2 J+ q& |) q6 P8 }公仔箱論壇'They feed up on honey before they leave the hive.'
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$ c, |$ ~6 U" [+ F, F5 E公仔箱論壇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- C( I$ G+ M% ]4 L2 o5 s5 o* l
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- q9 ] |8 H6 F2 u( c" e, G5 ESwarm: Shoppers fled across the road after spotting the bees gathered outside
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6 F4 V, E( f; y9 RBees and wasps 'kill more people in Britain than Al-Qaeda do'
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' Q( V0 v5 c' P! m* P) o; o/ Btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTerrorism kills fewer people in the UK than bees and wasps, according to a report by the government’s terrorism watchdog.
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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。! Y6 M5 @: E$ \& _1 b2 x- j; S
- m+ B e& e L, B" ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDavid 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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4 ~4 k9 s A, ?$ Xwww.tvboxnow.comNeither had there been any bombings linked to Islamic extremists in Europe last year. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( D$ I! {* s0 S
& w* @# N3 z9 x9 a( |& j; HArrests 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. 1 s* N6 ?8 v; g9 K/ ^
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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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3 d- Y0 H9 |& \. S8 u) E o: y% q0 O‘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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