Swarm of 10,000 bees settles on bike outside Louvre in Paris

Swarm of 10,000 bees settles on bike outside Louvre in Paris3 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GooglePaul KirbyEurope digital editor@ma_pauvre_lucetteThe bees settled under the saddle of the bicycle A swarm of at least 10,000 bees has been removed from under the saddle of a bicycle parked outside a metro station in front of the Louvre museum in Paris.The swarm settled on the bike shortly after it was locked to the railings of the Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre metro on Saturday afternoon.Paris transport officials then closed the metro entrance while a local Parisian beekeeper was called in to collect the insects."It was certainly in an unusual place, right next to the entrance to a metro," said Volkan Tanaci, who reached the scene by bike."It was a real cluster of bees, and probably there was a queen bee right in the middle," the urban beekeeper told France Info. The bike's owner posted the whole scene on the @ma_pauvre_lucette Instagram account, saying that "granddad's old bicycle" had barely been parked for half an hour when the swarm arrived.@ma_pauvre_lucetteThe bees settled on the bike outside a metro station within sight of the museum@ma_pauvre_lucetteA beekeeper eventually came to remove the bees FranceBeesParis