A woman has been filmed capturing swarming bees with her BARE HANDS in Salford. Beekeeper Damson Tregaskis - who goes by Hive5Mcr on Twitter - was seen trying to catch the buzzing insects on Tuesday afternoon (June 7), before taking them to be rehomed in Stockport.
Wearing a protective suit, but no gloves, Damson can be seen helping the bees outside Costa Coffee at MediaCityUK. She turns to onlookers and says: "Does anyone fancy giving me a hand?"
The clip shows Damson stood amid thousands of the insects, which are flying around her and forming in colonies on a tree branch. It was shared on Twitter, where Den Glanzig wrote: "Wasn't expecting this when I popped to MediaCity UK for my lunch."
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He added: "It caught me off guard at first. I didn't notice them at first as I walk past those trees everyday. On the way back past later on, the lady was there collecting them so I stopped to watch."
Damson, who runs site Hive5Manchester, which offers community engagement events and beekeeper mentoring classes, said she collected the swarm of bees and rehomed them in an apiary in her Stockport garden.
Speaking to the M.E.N , she said: "There was a swarm of bees at MediaCity that someone notified me about. In the video I'm collecting them from the tree then setting them up in our home apiary in Stockport.
"I'm a professional beekeeper and usually manage beehives for corporate clients, as well as doing beekeeping courses and experiences." She added that she will be sharing updated on her Twitter page.
Last year, also in June, the Manchester Evening News reported the incredible moment thousands of bees descended on a BMW outside an office block. And just days after, another swarm settled outside bar Albert Schloss, also in the city centre.
According to the British Beekeepers Association, a honeybee colony will swam to reproduce when the old queen leaves a colony with some of the bees. They leave their hive and find a spot to wait in until scout bees decide on a new home for the colony.
Most honey bee swarms are not aggressive, but people are asked to stay away from them as a precaution. It usually happens on sunny days between the months of May and July.
