As a cloud of 10,000 bugs jumped on the sand of Porthmeor, St. Ives, sunbathers got horrified. The bees attacked a family's beach tent and this forced the people to flee away. To handle this situation, Mike Leverton, 39, a Beekeeper was called in. He immediately acted by putting about half of the bees in a box within a few hours.

Mike, a retired fireman collected the swarm of bees in a box and took them to his home where he makes Cornish honey. He said "When I got there the lifeguards had cordoned off the area of the beach. I scraped half of them into the box and then left the box in the tent for a few hours".

And, when he returned a few hours later the queen was caught in the box. With this, the bees followed her scent and the swarm gradually drew inside the box and after a couple of hours. All this drama was captured by photographer, Nick Pumphrey, 36. He said it was quite dangerous since the bees were about 2ft above his head and were setting on the tent haunting people.

In all there was around 8000-10,000 bees who badly terrified the people who had come for a day out at the beach. It was pretty scary and horrible to watch how this bee swarm converted everything into bustle. Fortunately, no one got hurt during the incident which was occurred at around 1p.m.