Buyers are fleeing as a huge swarm of bees descend on the city in scenes from "horror films".

Buyers were forced to shelter when a huge swarm of bees descended into a city in scenes of "horror films".

The mbad of insects invaded The Strand in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, around noon yesterday.

Witnesses said the shoppers "ran and shouted" while they were trying to escape because they were stung by thousands of insects.

Sarah Swift, who runs the SavannaTan Tanning Store across the street, has recorded a swarm clip around hanging baskets.

To ensure her safety, as well as that of staff and guests, Sarah has closed doors and windows to keep bees from entering the interior, reports StokeOnTrent Live.

Aged 48, he said: "There was a mbadive swarm of bees all around the store and attacking the flowers, there must have been a good thousand.

"They got on the road and they just appeared out of nowhere, everyone was shutting the windows of his car and people were running away.

"The bees were buzzing for a good hour and people were running inside or giving them a big place, it was just shocking, you could see a swarm of dark bees.

"Longton really stayed very quiet very quickly when it was happening because no one was going past them, you have to solve the problem, my son is here and he is allergic to bees.

"It was very surreal, it was a bit like a horror movie." You could hear people screaming and seeing them running .This is not something you plan to see. It was a bit scary. "

Sunny Singh owns the Fish Net Chippy next door.

Aged 38 and originally from Birmingham, he said: "There was a big swarm and he traveled along the road, they scattered all over the place.A client m & # 39; Said: "Look at all those bees".

"Some people stopped and took pictures and others fled across the road, I just closed all doors and windows because it was impossible to say which direction would be taken. bees for about half an hour.

"But now they have formed a nest on the hanging baskets, I've never seen anything like that before, it was a bit like a movie." I just did not want them to penetrate inside. "

And Toly Rai, 31, who runs Subway on The Strand, of Trentham, said: "We just looked outside and there were tons of bees everywhere, that was crazy .

"They have now formed a nest on the hanging baskets, one minute they were buzzing around and they formed the nest the next minute, they were thousands.

"A lot of people took pictures of them and filmed them because they had never seen anything like that before." It happened around 12 o'clock, which is a busy time when people leave their homes. work to go to lunch. "

The Staffordshire Wildlife Trust says that the increase in the number of bees could be due to rising temperatures.

A spokesman said: "I think that to a certain extent, it is bad weather, I do not know of any possible reason why bees should be raised outside the very hot temperatures that force them to leave the nests.

"This is also the time when the bee queens have matured and, once out, they take a swarm of bees with them.This very hot temperature may have led them to decide to leave at the same time.

"But I do not know any particular reason why there should be an increase in the activity of bees."