EXCERPT: A beekeeper had to be called after a swarm of 20,000 bees attached themselves to an Australian woman's washing.

20,000 bees swarm on woman's washing

I always shake my clothing out before I fold and bring it in from the line, but never have I had more than 1 or 2 bees on what I hung out to dry. And we have a bee hive (honeybees) close to where my washing hangs out.