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I had bees swarming around right next door! (6)

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I believe the answer is:

beside

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'right next door' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb which matches the answer.

'i had bees swarming' is the wordplay.
'had' becomes 'd' (in contractions e.g. 'I'd', 'you'd' etc).
'swarming' is an anagram indicator.
'i'+'d'+'bees'='idbees'
'idbees' with letters rearranged gives 'BESIDE'.

'around' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for beside that I've seen before include "Adjacent to" , "Neighbours" , "Very near to" , "- - the point" , "Next to - compared with" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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