Jeremy Clarkson has hit back once again at the complaints he's had to deal with after installing a series of beehives at his Oxfordshire farm.
The Clarkson's Farm star has been accused of "strategically erecting 11 beehives behind a five-foot high hedge at the start of a lane that leads to his Cotswolds farm", according to the Daily Mail.
The decision prompted Chadlington residents and local ramblers to moan about being stung by the flying swarm of bees when they walk nearby.
After first spotting the complaints, Clarkson mocked the backlash on X as he typed: "Hilariously, the Mail reports that ramblers are being stung by my bees. Diddums.
"I put some bee hives there because that’s the regen field and there are many things they like to pollinate. And now I’m in trouble because someone might get stung. Who’d be a farmer?"
Clarkson has doubled down on the defence of his latest farm measure once again, warning potential visitors of a rather more daunting danger at Diddly Squat.
Jeremy Clarkson owns his own farm near Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire
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Writing in his latest column for The Sun, Clarkson quipped: "It seems that some ramblers are saying I’ve deliberately placed bee hives near a public footpath on my farm to stop people using it.
"Horse s**t. I have bee hives all over the farm – placed not to deter Liberal Democrats but because the plants growing nearby are suitable."
Clearly not concerned by the complaints, Clarkson remarked: "Could people be stung? Yup, probably, if they mess about. Do I care? Not especially."
But dishing out a fresh warning, he explained further: "What they haven’t realised is that next to another footpath about a mile away, I have a sodding great bull called Endgame.
I put some bee hives there because that’s the regen field and there are many things they like to pollinate. And now I’m in trouble because someone might get stung. Who’d be a farmer?
— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) July 20, 2024
"And if you annoy him, he won’t sting you. He will turn you into pate.
"In short, the countryside is full of dangers. If you don’t like that, go to a waterpark instead."
It's not the first time Clarkson has used social media to hit back at the complaints of a few in recent weeks.
After celebrating his daughter Emily's 30th birthday with partner Lisa Hogan as well as close friends and family, Clarkson's Farm star Hogan faced a bizarre backlash for sharing an "elitist" update from the get-together.
Elsewhere, the former Grand Tour star has reignited his rather public feud with wildlife presenter Chris Packham.
The pair have locked horns previously after the Springwatch star suggested Clarkson be jailed for his infamous Meghan Markle column and branding him a "c**k-chafer".
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But now, it's Clarkson taking public digs at Packham, also writing in The Sun how the naturalist "doesn't understand the real world".
The former Top Gear star took aim at Packham after he suggested global superstar Taylor Swift should ditch flying privately to help the environment.