Rosalind Ross 49, is barely able to speak as she records the invasion of thousands of creatures outside her home in Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire
A PETRIFIED woman captures the terrifying moment a giant swarm of bees descends on her garden.
Rosalind Ross, 49, is barely able to speak as she records the invasion of thousands of insects outside her home in Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire.
The insurance worker can be heard saying, “Oh my God,” as her worried husband Andrew reassures her that the windows are shut.
The honey bees stayed in her garden, around 1.2 miles east of Hebden Bridge, for about 15 minutes before leaving.
"Andrew kept saying there looks to be a load of midgets outside in our garden.
"I chose to ignore it as I'm not keen on anything that flies, unless it's aeroplanes.
"He said it about 3 times, so I turned around to have a look and got the shock of my life.
"Swarming outside was literally thousands of, what I first thought was wasps.
"Andrew said they were honey bees I then remembered our bedroom window was open and asked him to go and close it quickly."
Rosalind said was still "shaking" for 10 minutes after the unwelcome visitors disappeared.
She said: "I have a real fear of bees, wasps or even the tiniest fly.
"The swarm then started to move, up over the house.
"Eventually, we went to the front room window and saw them moving up the street.
"I had never, ever seen anything like this though.
"I can't even watch things like that on television, so to see if in real life was very scary.
"I was shaking for a good 10 minutes after they had all gone."
Honey bees are social insects that live in hives in their thousands.
Honeybees swarm because they are looking for a new site to form a new colony - a natural means of population increase.
According to The British Beekeepers Association (BBKA), warm weather is ideal for honey bees to start swarming.
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