Witnesses called police, who sent in a local bee removal expert, Al Wilkins, to cut the bees' layover short.
High winds may have caused the swarm to make an emergency landing at the airport, Wilkins said, or the queen may have decided to simply take a breather.
Wilkins used a specially designed bee vacuum, probably bought at Sears, to suck the bees off the wing and relocate them to a hive on his property. Before being removed, the bees were charged $15 for their first checked pollen sac, $50 for each additional sac.
Thursday 04 JuneBy alanHighest Rank Its global swarming!Thursday 04 JuneBy KathyHighest Rank Bees on the flee!ReplyThursday 04 JuneBy Claude DeMossHighest Rank How do you count 10,000 bees - Very carefully?cdmReplyThursday 04 JuneBy CindyHighest Rank Nick Prueher.......loved your article, the statement about the charge for their pollen sacs gave me my first great chuckle of the dayReplyThursday 04 JuneBy JHighest Rank They were just tired and wanted a free lift!ReplyThursday 04 JuneBy MargieHighest Rank Were they legal bees?ReplyThursday 04 JuneBy upursHighest Rank they were swinger bees and wanted to join the mile high club..while doing it from..bee-hind..!ReplyThursday 04 JuneBy MikeHighest Rank Just thinking about it gives me the "hives". Bad joke...I best "bee" moving along instead of "waxing" philosophic, but that often happens when I catch a "buzz".ReplyThursday 04 JuneBy SkeetsNeutral Clever! Made me smilw.Thursday 04 JuneBy ronHighest Rank it was the queens bbee-lated birthday.she told the swarm to bee all you can bee.later beeatchesReplyThursday 04 JuneBy DanHighest Rank The plane must've been painted black and yellow and they just thought it was a big momma bee. You know how guys are. One tracked mind and they just wanted to get beesy.Reply