A swarm of bees gathered outside a supermarket in Co Donegal yesterday, forcing customers away for a number of hours.
An estimated 40,000 of the Black Irish honey bees tried to made their home outside Lafferty’s supermarket in the village of Creeslough.
The shop, which is normally buzzing, was almost empty for more than four hours before help was called to get rid of the bees.
Danny Martin Lafferty, owner of the supermarket, said the bees definitely took the sting out of his afternoon trade. “I looked outside and I could see people waving their arms. It looked like it was snowing for a while.
“Then I looked closer, and I could see this cloud of bees,” he said.
Mr Lafferty called a local beekeeper, who arrived with the necessary equipment to get rid of the swarm.