A Glasgow city centre bar and restaurant was forced to close after a huge swarm of bees gathered and nested outside.<br /><br />The insects arrived in a mass swarm at the 63rd+1st on Sunday morning and gradually settled on a railing outside.<br /><br />Staff were forced to flee via the fire exit as the insects marked their territory at the front.<br /><br />The Bothwell Street bar closed for just over a day before it reopened on Monday evening.<br /><br />The bees gradually relocated to the external side of a nearby wheelie bin.<br /><br />Staff were able to wheel the bin away from the entrance and barricade it from the public.<br /><br />"Hundreds of them swarmed outside the entire front of the building," said duty manager Petya Petrova.<br /><br />"I have no idea what happened, they just arrived randomly and settled onto the railing in about 10 minutes.<br /><br />"We ended up having to close because it's obviously a safety risk, with it being so close to the entrance.<br /><br />"We put up a sign to explain we had to close because of the bee colony on the terrace.<br /><br />"But we still saw some people going up close to them and trying to touch the bees, which probably isn't a good idea."<br /><br />The manager put a bin near the swarm and gradually they started moving over.<br /><br />"Apparently they send scouts over to check out a new place to nest," she said.<br /><br />"And then they all moved over, which meant we were able to move the bin away from the entrance and reopen for dinner on Monday night."<br /><br />Ms Petrova said she spent days trying to find someone who would deal with the swarm.<br /><br />"The council said they don't deal with bees," she said.<br /><br />"And we phoned a pest control company and they arrived and took one look at the bees and said they couldn't help.<br /><br />"We spoke to some beekeepers who couldn't send anyone immediately and said we needed to wait 24 to 48 hours in case it was just a swarm that would move on, and not a nest."<br /><br />Beekeepers are due to remove the bees on Wednesday.<br /><br />"I've got used to them while they've been there," said Ms Petrova.<br /><br />"I'm a lot less scared of bees now. It's mental though, I've never seen anything like it."
