A Bunch of Self-Centered Bees Rudely Delayed an American Airlines Flight in Texas

The queen bee had flown into the airliner's wing as it waited to depart, followed promptly by roughly a thousand non-queen bees.

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Aside from Jerry Seinfeld's cinematic bee epic Bee Movie, bees have been largely maligned by human beings as both a genuinely terrifying nuisance and the unwilling manufacturer of that jar of honey that you have just sitting in the kitchen but will definitely never use. As members of the Red Hot Chili Pepperscontinue to work diligently to clear the bee name, actual bees are apparently buzzing around airports like they own the place:

Not what you want to hear- AA flight delayed on runway because of 500 bees under wing#kcbd pic.twitter.com/86vylIYz2m

— Karin McCay (@KarinMcCay11) October 14, 2015

Here come the Bee-Busters! Ready in a space suit to kill the swarm and save our luggage! #kcbd11 #beebrave! pic.twitter.com/EMoTHuERii

— Karin McCay (@KarinMcCay11) October 14, 2015

The pilot revealed that a queen bee had apparently flown into the airliner's wing as it waited to depart Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, according to NBC News. Predictably, roughly 1,000 bees promptly followed the queen to this seemingly illogical new locale. Someone reportedly not afraid of bees ultimately removed them from the aircraft:

Nice move, bees.

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