US man returns from swift shopping trip to find 15,000 bees in his car

New Mexico man did not initially notice giant swarm, which had got in through an open window while he was inside supermarket

A man who went shopping in New Mexico returned to a car filled with 15,000 honey bees who had apparently got in through an open window while he spent 10 minutes buying groceries.

Astonishingly, the man - who was not named in the New York Times report detailing his unexpected travel companions - did not notice the sudden presence of a giant swarm of buzzing insects on his vehicle's back seat until he was driving away.