El Reg reports
20,000 [...] bees were found in the exhaust nozzle of an F-22 Raptor engine following flight operations at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, on June 11, 2016.
Rather than kill the bees--America is badly affected by hive collapse, the base decided to call on a beekeeper to take them away.
Andy Westrich, US Navy retiree, was the apiarist known to the on-base entomologist (the Air Force keeps insect experts on its bases, apparently). Westrich used vacuum hoses to trap the bees, and he calculated the swarm size from the weight of the captured bees--eight pounds, or in modern numbers, 3.6 kilos.
From the USAF release: "Westrich suspected that the swarm of bees were on their way to a new location to build a hive for their queen. [...] Westrich believes she landed on the F-22 to rest. Honey bees do not leave the queen, so they swarmed around the F-22 and eventually landed there."
wordlessTech has a good photo.
(Score: 1) by Arik on Tuesday August 16 2016, @06:24PM
As someone that's lived most of his life in temperate climates, 32 isn't really all that cold. You still have plenty of liquid water at that temperature, it's just brisk, nice weather for a run.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 1) by Arik on Tuesday August 16 2016, @06:26PM
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?