Busy day as thousands of bees swarm harbour boat

A swarm of adventurous bees caused excitement in Monkstown, Co Cork, when they decided to make the most of the weather by spending the day on a boat.

Mechanic Michael Dunlea was working inside a boat moored at the village’s Cork Harbour marina when he was alerted by a loud buzzing noise outside.

“The bees were landing on a rope in a big swarm and coming down onto the side deck of the boat. There were hundreds of thousands of them,” said Mr Dunlea.