Bees chase car for 2 days to rescue queen
Wed May 25, 2016 03:37:pm World
5.1K By kelvin uyi
A car was pursued by a loyal 20,000-strong swarm of bees for two days after their queen got trapped in the boot.
The disgruntled swarm chased the 4x4 through Haverfordwest, west Wales, and attached themselves to the rear of the car where they remained for over 48 hours.
Carol Howarth, a 65-year-old grandmother, said she "had never seen anything like it" when thousands of the insects flew at the back of her silver Mitsubishi Outlander.
Five beekeepers, park wardens and passers spent hours trying to get the bees into a cardboard box in which they could be transported safely away.
However shortly after this was achieved, the wind blew off the lid of the box and the queen became lodged in the car's rear compartment once again.
The owner drove away unaware before the swarm returned to the car once more in an attempt to rescue their trapped matriarch.
Roger Burns, from Pembrokeshire Beekeepers Association, told the Milford Mercury: "We think the queen had been attracted to something in the car, perhaps something sweet, and had got into a gap on the boot's wiper blade or perhaps the hinge.
The disgruntled swarm chased the 4x4 through Haverfordwest, west Wales, and attached themselves to the rear of the car where they remained for over 48 hours.
Carol Howarth, a 65-year-old grandmother, said she "had never seen anything like it" when thousands of the insects flew at the back of her silver Mitsubishi Outlander.
Five beekeepers, park wardens and passers spent hours trying to get the bees into a cardboard box in which they could be transported safely away.
However shortly after this was achieved, the wind blew off the lid of the box and the queen became lodged in the car's rear compartment once again.
The owner drove away unaware before the swarm returned to the car once more in an attempt to rescue their trapped matriarch.
Roger Burns, from Pembrokeshire Beekeepers Association, told the Milford Mercury: "We think the queen had been attracted to something in the car, perhaps something sweet, and had got into a gap on the boot's wiper blade or perhaps the hinge.
Related News
Leave a comment...