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VIDEO: Never give a queen a lift

A driver in Wales drove around for a day with an estimated 20,000 unwelcome passengers until the problem got to be too evident. The video shows the car of the 65-year-old grandmother, finally parked in the small town of Haverfordwest, literally buzzing with bees. Apparently, a queen bee got stuck on the vehicle and her community decided to follow the car and stick to it as well. It took two members of the Pembrokeshire Beekeepers' Association, a park ranger and some local people to coax the travelers
May 27, 2016 Read time: 1 min
A driver in Wales drove around for a day with an estimated 20,000 unwelcome passengers until the problem got to be too evident.

The video shows the car of the 65-year-old grandmother, finally parked in the small town of Haverfordwest, literally buzzing with bees. Apparently, a queen bee got stuck on the vehicle and her community decided to follow the car and stick to it as well.

It took two members of the Pembrokeshire Beekeepers' Association, a park ranger and some local people to coax the travelers off her Mitsubishi Outlander and into hive boxes.

World Highways readers may like to know that, yes, sometimes, there is justice. Last October, in the US state of Oklahoma, a police car was surrounded by thousands of angry bees. %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkExternal Click here Visit Old Bill Video Page false http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/bees-swarm-patrol-car/2015/10/01/id/694196/ false false%> to watch bees buzzing the ‘Old Bill’.

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