The F-22 Raptor is one of the military ’s most herculean artillery , but everything — man , woman , sentient rotted orange — has a weakness . For the scrapper jet , that failing is BEEEEEEEEEES !
In June , one of the fleet was found with a monumental drove of honey bee — as many as 20,000,according to the Air Force , which describe the incident this hebdomad — attached to its exhaust snoot . Though some wanted to “ get free ” of the bee , Tech . Sgt . Jeffrey Baskin decide to do the humane thing and call in the experts .
After Langley - Eustis ’ resident bugologist bring in he could n’t do shit about the horde , the root word brought in Andy Westrich , a retired Navy appendage and a local bee keeper , who was able to take out the bees using vacuity hoses .
Westrich fetch them to a brewery , where they ’ll “ maintain the honey bee colony and apply the beloved for their yield facility . ” He thinks the cloud may have landed on the F-22 because the queen got tired while fly to a new beehive location .
The F-22 - detest bees are in good society : In May , a swarmattackeda car in Wales after it apparently drive off with their queen . And in July , a swarm in Canadaparked itselfon a silver pickup truck truck .
Perhaps they ’re trying to tell us something ?
[ Popular Science ]
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