A grandmother who was plagued by a swarm of 20,000 bees after driving home from a nature reserve has been talking about her 24-hour ordeal.

Carol Howarth, 65, returned to her Mitusbishi Outlander after a shopping trip in Haverfordwest, West Wales, only to find the swarm of bees all over the rear of the vehicle.

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park ranger Tom Moses, 41, earlier raised the alarm after spotting the swarm on the vehicle. He called in a team of three beekeepers who attempted to sweep the bees into a cardboard box.

There was some concern that someone might use pesticide on the bees.

Mr Moses said: "It was spectacular. I was driving through when I spotted the big brown splodge.”

"A lot of people were really amazed by it, cars were slowing down and people were taking pictures of it.

"I was a little bit concerned, with it being in the middle of town outside a pub, that someone might do something stupid and get hurt or do something stupid and hurt the bees."

After Mrs Howarth returned to her car and encountered the three bee keepers and the park ranger, she thought the situation had been resolved, so returned home.

However, the next morning she found her car once again covered in bees.

Mrs Howarth then called out the beekeepers again, who removed the bees for a second time.

Among the reasons suggested for the swarm's interest in Mrs Howarth's car was that the queen bee was trapped inside. However, no sign of a queen bee was found.