Bees swarm in downtown Stockholm STOCKHOLM, Sweden, July 14 (UPI) -- A swarm of thousands of bees gathered outside the Stockholm headquarters of a major Swedish clothing chain. Annette Rieger, who works in the H&M building, told The Local.se the swarm was outside for about 3 hours Friday afternoon. "I saw them all over the windows, they even got through the first level of glazing," she said. My colleague was super scared because she is allergic to bees! Johan Jarbrant, chairman of the Stockholm Beekeepers Association, and a colleague moved the swarm to a more isolated location away from downtown Stockholm. Wearing protective clothing and brought up to the bees' level by a crane lift, they knocked the insects out with smoke and loaded them in boxes. Jarbrant said there were about 5,000 bees in the swarm. Swarming is a normal part of the bees' lifecycle, with hives dividing when there are two queens and one group taking off to find a new home.