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| Bees swarm around car at Bournemouth's Castlepoint centre | |
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| A beekeeper had to capture thousands of honey bees that had swarmed around a parked car at a Bournemouth shopping centre. | |
| Shoppers outside Sainsbury's at Castlepoint saw the swarm cluster on the black car around midday. | Shoppers outside Sainsbury's at Castlepoint saw the swarm cluster on the black car around midday. |
| Shopping centre manager Nick Staton said the beekeeper arrived fully dressed and "teased them into a basket with smoke". | Shopping centre manager Nick Staton said the beekeeper arrived fully dressed and "teased them into a basket with smoke". |
| It follows a similar bee swarm in London on Friday. | |
| 'Following the Queen' | 'Following the Queen' |
| Shopper Conrad Milligan, who photographed the incident, said: "It was during a quite busy period and fairly near to the entrance of the Sainsbury's, so the car was quickly cordoned off." | Shopper Conrad Milligan, who photographed the incident, said: "It was during a quite busy period and fairly near to the entrance of the Sainsbury's, so the car was quickly cordoned off." |
| Mr Staton said some of the bees escaped capture and were still flying around, but that no-one had been stung. | Mr Staton said some of the bees escaped capture and were still flying around, but that no-one had been stung. |
| He added the car's owner had been shopping in the supermarket when the bees arrived, and was advised to stayed parked until all the bees had gone. | He added the car's owner had been shopping in the supermarket when the bees arrived, and was advised to stayed parked until all the bees had gone. |
| The East Dorset Beekeepers' Association said a swarm was "a natural process for bees to expand their numbers". | The East Dorset Beekeepers' Association said a swarm was "a natural process for bees to expand their numbers". |
| It added: "They have laid a new Queen in their previous colony and the old Queen is accompanying her old bees to a new home." | It added: "They have laid a new Queen in their previous colony and the old Queen is accompanying her old bees to a new home." |