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Swarm of 20,000 bees chase car around UK for 2days after 'queen gets trapped in boot' (photos/video)
“I
was a little bit concerned, with it being in the middle of town outside
a pub, that someone might do something stupid and get hurt or do
something stupid and hurt the bees,” he said.
The woman
who had the car the bees followed, Carol said: "It was incredible
really. I've never seen anything like it - it just goes to show the
power of nature. One theory was that the queen was trapped in my car and the swarm were following her.
"But
they couldn't find the queen anywhere so I've no idea if that was
right."
Apparently bees can swarm at this time of the year and it is a
very strong instinct for them to follow the queen.
Roger
Burns, of Pembrokeshire Beekeepers, said: "It is possible the queen had
been attracted to something in the car - perhaps a sweet or food in the
car.
"The swarm of around 20,000 had followed her and were sat around on the boot of the car.
"I
brought over a cardboard box and carefully brushed them into there as
quickly as possible as I was aware it was a big swarm in the middle of
the high street.
"I got about 15 or 20 stings for my trouble.
"I
then left the cardboard box on the roof while we waited for the last
few hundred bees to leave the boot but then a gust of wind blew it off
and the queen may have fled back to the boot again."
Watch the video below.
Credit: Mirror UK
by Linda Ikeji
at 25/05/2016 12:45 PM
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