Swarm of BEES nest inside BMW while new windscreen was being fixed onto the car after the insects 'outgrew their hive'

A windscreen repairman was left 'shell shocked' after a swarm of bees descended on the BMW he was fixing a new windscreen to.

The Autoglass employee from Kent heard a loud buzzing over his shoulder before he realized what was happening, when he retreated to his van before a local bee keeper, Peter Down, came to the rescue.

It is presumed that the insects were in search of a new home having outgrown their previous hive, with the BMW 2 Series deemed the optimum size.

Pictures show the vehicle parked in Lydd being smothered by bees, with the repairman's boss reportedly not willing to believe his story without photographic evidence.

Mr Down, 41, moved most of the bees into a mobile hive, including the queen so that any left would follow.

Mercifully, nobody was stung by the swarm - which appeared last Thursday afternoon.

Posting the pictures on Facebook, Marsh Apiaries - who have adopted the bees - commented: 'These little ladies decided to make a new home in a BeeMW. [sic]

'All the car wanted was a new window screen and clearly queen bee wanted to do her own inspection along with her fellow honey bees and she approved of the work being done, she is now settled in her new home and the car window screen has been fitted!!'

Mr Down described the 'shell-shocked look of the windscreen repairman when he arrived at the scene.

'He said he was getting set up to put the new windscreen in when he heard a lot of buzzing around him and there was a bunch of bees going inside the side window,' he told Kent Online.

Mr Down explained that when a group of bees outgrows its hive, half of the colony bulk up on honey before heading out in search of a new home. Fortunately, this  also makes them less inclined to sting.

The father-of-five added that he was able to scrape the bees from the roof of the car to the frame before moving them into the 'nuke box' - a mobile hive.

'The Autoglass man came back and actually fitted the window screen and put the BMW back together while there were still bees flying around,' Mr Down said.