Help! Terrified staff at Thorntons were trapped for nearly three hours after they were attacked by this swarm of beesThis is the incredible moment terrified staff at Thorntons chocolate shop were trapped for nearly three hours after they were literally bee-sieged - by a buzzing swarm.
The sweet store was forced to close for two-and-a-half hours after thousands of bees swarmed around the queen in its doorway.
Staff at the shop in Leominster, Herefordshire, said it was like something from a horror film as they watched an angry cloud of black and yellow coming at them.
Buzz off: The bees are believed to have swarmed the shop to protect a queen bee which had been ousted from a nearby nestThey were forced to hide inside the shop, barricading the door with chocolate boxes, while a beekeeper was called.
Shop assistant Kim Kinsey said: 'I thought they had been attracted to the shop by the sweet smell of the chocolate, but the beekeeper explained they follow the queen.'
The bees are believed to have swarmed the shop to protect a queen bee which had been ousted from a nearby nest by a younger female.
They were eventually removed by a beekeeper after tourist information centre manager Gill Ding raised the alarm.
Ms Ding, 45, said: 'Nobody seems to know where they came from but it was probably from a large hive. It was quite alarming.
source: dailymail
