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Bees on a Plane! Hive Swarms Jet at Fort Lauderdale Airport
NBC Miami ^ | Wed, Oct 6, 2010 | TODD WRIGHT

Posted on 10/06/2010 8:35:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway

We think we saw this on Bee Movie. Did one of the bees buzz like Jerry Seinfeld?

That hum a grounds crew heard at Hollywood-Fort Lauderdale International Airport wasn't the usual sound coming from a jet engine.

It was thousands of bees that decided the jet would make a good spot to nest.

The privately owned Falcon Jet had to be sprayed down by a Broward Sheriff's Office Fire Rescue truck. The bees totally covered the left wing of the plane. No word if BSO or the Red Cross is going to help the bees find a new home, but our guess is the pests are on their own.

This is the second time the bees have swarmed the plane, employees at the airport said, which begs the question, are they using honey for fuel?


TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bees; hives; snakesonaplane

1 posted on 10/06/2010 8:35:40 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Liberals? The bees know!


2 posted on 10/06/2010 8:39:08 PM PDT by Blogger
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To: nickcarraway

Where is PETA when you need it? That jet was sitting right in the middle of the bee’s home. How dare they hose the wing down?


3 posted on 10/06/2010 8:51:52 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: nickcarraway

As usual, the phrase “begs the question” is misused (in the article).


4 posted on 10/06/2010 8:52:17 PM PDT by clintonh8r ("Let them eat lobster cake." Michelle Antoinette, vacation #6.)
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To: nickcarraway

Reminds me of the time I found out the hard way that my flight instructor had a phobia of bees. I was low-time (<10 hours) and during the initial climb-out a bee started flying around the cabin. My instructor completely lost it.


5 posted on 10/06/2010 9:05:23 PM PDT by Squawk 8888 (TSA and DHS are jobs programs for people who are not smart enough to flip burgers)
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To: nickcarraway

That’s it?


6 posted on 10/06/2010 9:05:58 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Vendome; Salamander; shibumi; Slings and Arrows

Ping


7 posted on 10/06/2010 9:34:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Cue Samuel L. Jackson...


8 posted on 10/07/2010 12:24:20 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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