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
By Rob Cooper
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# A( _ l" Z4 h; d- Ftvboxnow.comThis is the dramatic moment a swarm of 3,000 bees descended on a florists as workers hid inside.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。# u* S( z# j) n. t5 D
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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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; B, a- g& M" E% Y" o/ [Invasion: A swarm of 3,000 bees descends on the florists in Hereford while the workers lock themselves inside6 S3 v9 U* ~0 y) `
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Swarming: Bees gather on a flower pot as beekeepers are called to tackle the problem
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% T3 I! y& |+ M3 _公仔箱論壇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7 i+ r( g$ Y K; ^; m% x& o# b
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'They must have been attracted by the pollen in the flowers we had in a few pots outside.tvboxnow.com, l+ q- D. @% y1 P+ J
# K+ ?9 H& b) ]7 o: o, t! _6 m'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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5 Y1 u& B3 w: H6 ]$ m: f) qtvboxnow.comTackled: A beekeeper collects the bees and later handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper¿s AssociationTVBNOW 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。9 | A, ?2 ?% I" i4 N% q7 Q
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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.
3 B |4 I" G- Y- q) b: x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.+ `4 G4 G0 }! e
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The bees swarmed into the town centre after being released from a hive at a nearby museum.
8 ?. b& N( U) T0 o$ h3 j公仔箱論壇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.2 S' N. U2 U8 G' j! Q
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2 Z+ ? @* |8 ^6 x4 @公仔箱論壇Swarm: Shoppers fled across the road after spotting the bees gathered outside
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4 v \) D4 a: J$ Q+ z1 {% rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBees and wasps 'kill more people in Britain than Al-Qaeda do'公仔箱論壇8 M8 l! T% X5 z& N
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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,bttvb) T) ?& }) X$ J! V, P
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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. 8 S: M( @) c! Q; x1 r! Z6 ?
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Neither had there been any bombings linked to Islamic extremists in Europe last year.
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- ?+ R* V6 }/ X% D3 Utvboxnow.comArrests 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. 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。6 x* r& F) M- A$ o1 L7 ]4 f
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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.
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) k/ G5 ]) X3 U8 k& A( ?‘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,bttvb1 f5 c$ T- l- |/ |3 B$ K# F* E
: R4 A! B: B1 _6 \‘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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