Oh holy moly, this is our idea of hell.
When a Queen B got trapped in the boot of a 4X4 Mitsubishi Outlander.
Roger Burns of Pembrokeshire Beekeepers explained to
The Metro that the queen must have been attracted to something shiny in the boot of the car.
At one point, five bee-keepers did coax the queen out of the car, but after a gust of wind she returned to the boot. The vehicle owner was unaware and drove off, only to be chased by a swarm of 20,000 loyal followers.
Christ.
Roger was quick to the rescue:
“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 have been beekeeping for 30 years and I have never seen a swarm do that. It is natural for them to follow the queen but it is a strange thing to see and quite surprising to have a car followed for two days. It was quite amusing,” he said.
