Swarm of bees lands on busy city centre street

Un-bee-lievable! Swarm of bees lands on busy city centre street – and is coned off before any shoppers get stung

• Pedestrians spotted the mass of bees on St Mary’s Street in Cardiff
• Cones were put around the swarm which remained on the pavement in the sun

A swarm of bees landed on a busy city centre street today and was quickly coned off before any shoppers could get stung. 

Pedestrians on St Mary’s Street in Cardiff spotted the mass of bees on the pavement this afternoon near the street’s bars and restaurants.

Cones were soon put around the swarm which remained on the pavement enjoying the sunshine, WalesOnline reported.

According to the British Beekeepers Association, most honey bee swarms are not aggressive but they advise people to keep away and leave them alone. 

Honey bee swarming is natural and usually happens when the bees are looking for a new home.

A swarm of bees landed on on St Mary’s Street in Cardiff today 

It was quickly coned off before any shoppers could get stung

According to the British Beekeepers Association, most honey bee swarms are not aggressive but they advise people to keep away and leave them alone

A swarm of bumblebees are also best left alone, says the association, as they are valuable pollinators, with some being endangered.

This isn’t the first time a swarm of bees have landed in Cardiff.

In May, some landed on a car in Cardiff after the hive was taken over by a younger female bee. 

The swarm settled on the back of a white Seat parked in Bute Street and almost entirely covered the back window.

A swarm of bees also landed on a Mini in Duffryn, Newport, in the same month. 

According to experts, most swarms occur on warm sunny days from May to the end of July.

Bee keepers have a saying which goes: ‘A swarm in May is worth a load of hay; a swarm in June is worth a silver spoon; but a swarm in July is not worth a fly’. 

This relates to the fact that the later in the year it is, the less time there will be for bees to collect pollen from flowers in blossom.

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