Thousands of bees swarm police headquarters forcing officers to evacuate
Police were caught in a ‘sting operation’ when thousands of bees swarmed their offices forcing them to evacuate.
The flying insects invaded Northamptonshire Police’s Wootton Hall headquarters on Thursday, just as a Facebook live session with the public was about to start.
The event had to be cancelled and a local beekeeper was called out to safely remove the swarm.
The force shared footage of the bees on social media with the hashtags #beesintheboardroom and #stingoperation.
In the short clip, the bees could be seen swarming around a window with a loud buzzing noise clearly audible.
The force wrote: ‘Soooo, we had a Facebook Live Q&A scheduled for today on response policing.
‘However, the room we do them in has been taken over by a swarm of bees. There are 1000s!
‘We have had to postpone it for now but will advertise a new date soon so watch this space.’
It later provided an update on the fiasco saying the beekeeper was in the progress of safely removing the insects.
‘@NorthantsChief however has been making enquiries as to whether we could find small enough uniforms and put them to work ‘#StingOperation,’ it added.
The event led members of the public to suggest Northhamptonshire Police send in a ‘swat team’ while another said officers should issue the bees with a dispersal order.
One person joked: ‘No luck catching them bees then,’ in reference to the policing comedy film Hot Fuzz, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.
The force replied: ‘We’d have more luck with swans…’
Another added ‘You guys have got to be pollen our leg with this tweet’ while one person quipped: ‘Careful, it could be a honey trap!’
The live Q&A which was due to take place with Inspector Gareth Court and head of local policing Chief Superintendent Adam Ward is set to be rescheduled.
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