Images show the moment a swarm of bees made a new home for themselves on a car in a residential street.

It happened on Saturday afternoon, in between the Royal Wedding and FA Cup final, in Downs Road in Folkestone.

The detailed pictures were sent in by Jackie Andrews.

It was not her vehicle, but quickly called a beekeeper to fix the situation.

Many of the honey bees reportedly sneaked under the white car's bonnet.

But when the beekeepers arrived, they were unable to locate the queen.

Swarming is honey bee colonies' natural means of reproduction, according to Wikipedia.

It is the process by which a new honey bee colony is formed, when the queen bee leaves the colony with a large group of worker bees.

In prime swarm, about 60% of the worker bees leave the original hive location with the old queen, made up of thousands to tens of thousands of bees.

It is mainly a spring phenomenon, but swarms can occasionally happen throughout the producing season.

The original single colony can reproduce to two and sometimes more colonies.