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This Bizarre Incident Caused A Buzz In London

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People were swarming around a Topshop in London on Friday - but it was for all the wrong reasons.

They were trying to risk a look at a swarm of bees which had somehow decided to make a new hive at the branch in London's Victoria Street.

A woman runs away from a swarm of bee outside Topshop.

Commuters were forced to duck for cover as the insects caused chaos and Lara Buckle told the Evening Standard: "You couldn’t even see the sky they were that many.

“At first people were just walking through it, it looked like dust particles and then all of a sudden people started panicking, hitting themselves, trying to get them off.”

The swarm of 5,000-strong honeybees that were attracted to a discount sign on the window of Topshop in Victoria Street.

Shops closed temporarily while the swarm, which appeared to have gathered around a green heart sign advertising a seasonal offer sale, was dealt with.

Bees Swarm Around Topshop sale

Bees in Victoria Street(01 of15)

The swarm of 5,000-strong honeybees that have been attracted to a discount sign on the window of Topshop in Victoria Street, central London, turning the fashion store display into a carpet of insects. (credit:PA)

Bees in Victoria Street(02 of15)

The swarm of 5,000-strong honeybees that were attracted to a discount sign on the window of Topshop in Victoria Street, central London, are put into a box by bee keepers from the John Lewis Partnership and Westminster Cathedral, to be transported across the road to the roof of Westminster Cathedral. (credit:PA)

Bees in Victoria Street(03 of15)

The swarm of 5,000-strong honeybees that were attracted to a discount sign on the window of Topshop in Victoria Street, central London, are put into a box by bee keepers from the John Lewis Partnership and Westminster Cathedral, to be transported across the road to the roof of Westminster Cathedral. (credit:PA)

Bees in Victoria Street(04 of15)

The swarm of 5,000-strong honeybees that were attracted to a discount sign on the window of Topshop in Victoria Street, central London, are carried in a box by bee keepers from the John Lewis Partnership and Westminster Cathedral, and are transported across the road to the roof of Westminster Cathedral. (credit:PA)

Bees in Victoria Street(05 of15)

The swarm of 5,000-strong honeybees that were attracted to a discount sign on the window of Topshop in Victoria Street, central London, are put into a box by bee keepers from the John Lewis Partnership and Westminster Cathedral, to be transported across the road to the roof of Westminster Cathedral. (credit:PA)

Bees in Victoria Street(06 of15)

The swarm of 5,000-strong honeybees that were attracted to a discount sign on the window of Topshop in Victoria Street, central London, are put into a box by bee keepers from the John Lewis Partnership and Westminster Cathedral, to be transported across the road to the roof of Westminster Cathedral. (credit:PA)

Bees in Victoria Street(07 of15)

The swarm of 5,000-strong honeybees that were attracted to a discount sign on the window of Topshop in Victoria Street, central London, are put into a box by bee keepers from the John Lewis Partnership and Westminster Cathedral, to be transported across the road to the roof of Westminster Cathedral. (credit:PA)

Bees in Victoria Street(08 of15)

The swarm of 5,000-strong honeybees that have been attracted to a discount sign on the window of Topshop in Victoria Street, central London, turning the fashion store display into a carpet of insects. (credit:PA)

Bees in Victoria Street(09 of15)

The swarm of 5,000-strong honeybees that have been attracted to a discount sign on the window of Topshop in Victoria Street, central London, turning the fashion store display into a carpet of insects. (credit:PA)

Bees in Victoria Street(10 of15)

One of the swarm of 5,000-strong honeybees that have been attracted to a discount sign on the window of Topshop in Victoria Street, central London, turning the fashion store display into a carpet of insects. (credit:PA)

Bees Swarm Around Topshop sale(11 of15)

Swarm of bees at Victoria station #victoriastation #bees #tenplagues #theapocalypseiscoming (credit:Louisa Rose Levison)

Bees Swarm Around Topshop sale(12 of15)

(credit:Elsa Rose Williamson)

Bees Swarm Around Topshop sale(13 of15)

(credit:Farah Ahmed)

Bees Swarm Around Topshop sale(14 of15)

Swarm of bees at Victoria station #victoriastation #bees #tenplagues #theapocalypseiscoming (credit:Louisa Rose Levison)

Bees Swarm Around Topshop sale(15 of15)

The bees in Victoria St, London really seem to love TopShops new offers!! (credit:Gavin Dollin)

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