Thousands of honey bees that started building a nest on a house in north Watford have been recovered by bee keepers.

Kasia Williams, of Copsewood Road, was shocked when the swarm attached themselves to the family home within an hour this afternoon.

The swarm, which experts think was a whole hive worth of honey bees, took more than four hours to collect this afternoon by keepers from the Honey Bee Trust.

The nest was so high a cherry picker had to be found to enable its safe collection.

The bees will be re-homed by the Honey Bee Trust to ensure their survival.

Kasia said: "Lots of people took pictures and were amazed by the size. It was a difficult job as they were so high up but they succeeded."