Ribuan Lebah Serbu Pusat Kota London

Terrifying Moment 5,000 Bees Swarmed around Woman in Central London

Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani


Ribuan Lebah Serbu Pusat Kota London
Lebah bersarang di tanda diskon pada jendela gerai Topshop di Victoria Street, London. (Foto2: Mail Online)

LENGAN terlipat erat ke dadanya, seorang pengunjung toko langsung terperanjat mendapati dirinya dikelilingi segerombolan lebah - di jalan yang sibuk di pusat kota London.

Saat menakutkan ketika lima ribu lebah mengerumuni wanita setelah membuat sarang di jendela toko. Lebah bersarang di tanda diskon pada jendela gerai Topshop di Victoria Street, London, seperti dilansir Mail Online.

Sekitar 5.000 serangga mengerubungi gerai Topshop, Kamis waktu setempat, membuat mereka yang melintas di kawasan tersebut harus menghindari serangan lebah.

Saksi mata mengatakan mereka 'hampir tidak melihat langit' akibat serbuan koloni lebah yang sarang di kawasan yang ramai tersebut.

Sementara itu mahasiswa Southsea, George Heal, 21, terkejut mendapati mobil Nissan Micra, yang diparkir di depan rumahnya, telah dikerubungi lebih 20 ribu lebah.

Para pakar serangga mengatakan hal itu lumrah terjadi ketika lebah berkumpul di satu tempat dan mendirikan sarang menjelang pertengahan tahun.

Mahasiswa biologi kelautan mengatakan: 'Salah satu teman satu kos saya memberitahu bahwa mobil saya telah dikerubungi ribuan lebah.'

"Ini bukan sesuatu yang Anda lihat setiap hari. Saya yakin mereka semua akan segera pergi tapi saya akan memeriksa mobil sebelum saya terperangkap di dalamnya bersama lebah.'

Tempat-tempat bersarang lebah ditentukan oleh lebah Ratu, yang pertama mendarat di sana dan dengan cepat diikuti oleh koloni setianya.

Mata lebah madu lebih sensitif terhadap warna ultraviolet, menurut Gill Maclean dari Asosiasi peternak lebah Inggris (BBKA) mengatakan itu sebabnya mengapa mereka tertarik dengan tanda hijau dan mobil.

"Mereka berusaha mencari bunga yang cerah dan warna-warni. Juga ketika mereka berkerumun mereka umumnya menggantung di cabang pohon sehingga kemungkinan mereka tertarik pada warna hijau masuk akal.'

Beberapa warga London berhenti untuk memotret pemandangan langka tersebut di luar Topshop, di kawasan yang sibuk di pusat kota London. 

ARMS folded tightly to her chest, a  shopper winces in alarm as she finds herself surrounded by a swarm of bees – on a busy street in Central London.

Terrifying moment 5,000 bees swarmed around woman in middle of high street after making their nest on shop window. Bees landed on discount sign on window of Topshop in London's Victoria.

Around 5,000 of the insects descended on a branch of Topshop yesterday, sending passers-by scrambling for cover.

Witnesses said they could ‘hardly see the sky’ as the colony made a nest on the bustling high street. 

Meanwhile, in Southsea student George Heal, 21, was shocked to find his Nissan Micra, parked outside his home, covered in a swarm of 20,000 bees. 

Experts said it's common for honeybees to swarm around and set up new hives at this time of year.

The marine biology student said: 'One of my housemates pointed my car out to me and it was just surrounded by bees.

 'It’s not something you see every day. I believe they are all gone now but I will definitely be checking the car before I get in it.'

The unusual nesting places for the bees are picked by the Queen bee, who lands there first and are quickly followed by her devoted colony.

Honeybees eyes are more sensitive to ultraviolet colours, which Gill Maclean from the British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) says could be why they were attracted to the green sign and the car.

'It is in their nature to look for bright flowers and colours. Also when they swarm they generally hang from the branch of a tree so it is a possibility they could be attracted to the green for that reason.'

Scores of Londoners stopped to take photographs of the unusual sight outside Topshop, in the heart of busy central London.