A WOMAN and her neighbour were descended on by a bee swarm after it was separated from its queen.

Thousands of bees swarmed the home of Beverley Moore from Alderholt, and her family on June 1. 

Spreading across her house and her neighbours, beekeepers from Ringwood came and removed the bees from the area. 

Beverley said: "The bees that we're in my garden were bees that got separated from the main swarm with the queen.

"The swarm with the queen were found in my neighbour Nansi's garden. Local beekeepers Ian and Pat Warmer have collected the bees now."

A family-run honey business based in Ringwood, the owner of Honey by Ian and Co, Ian Warmer, 61, helped remove the bees from the house and save them from the horde crawling over their house. 

Taken to a hive in Alderholt, the bees will be used to make honey for the business that makes a specific honey called Alderholt honey. 

Pat Warmer, 51, co-owner of Honey by Ian and Co, said: "The lady's neighbour contacted us and said we've got a swarm of bees so Ian went and he managed to successfully catch them.

"They've been rehomed and they're in our back garden right now. I think they were obviously unsettled and ruined a few people's weekends because they were flying around their gardens and obviously there were children running around and they didn't want their kids getting stung.

"They've been safely rehomed and they're fine now and Ian had several trips to collect them."

Ian and Pat own 30 hives across Dorset and Hampshire including Burley, Ringwood, Alderholt and Bere Regis, which they visit weekly to check on. 

The couple have said they would be happy to help save any bee swarms in the area should anyone need to get in contact. 

Alongside Beverley's swarm, another was noted at Fordingbridge post office.

The British Beekeeping Association said swarms tend to appear on sunny days between May to the end of July and warned to contact a beekeeper if one is noticed.