Delta Kills Millions of Bees By Leaving Them on Airport Tarmac in Crates
Millions of bees bound for Alaska died on a Delta Air Lines flight after the plane was left on the tarmac in Atlanta, Georgia, following a diversion.
Alaska Public Media (APM) reported on Wednesday that a Delta plane carrying a shipment of around 5 million bees bound for Anchorage, Alaska, was forced to reroute to Atlanta. Most of the bees died in the Georgia city.
The shipment of 200 crates, ordered by Sarah McElrea of Sarah's Alaska Honey on behalf of 300 Alaskan beekeepers, carried 800 pounds of bees and was worth an estimated $48,000.
Delta says: "We have taken immediate action to implement new measures to ensure events of this nature do not occur in the future. We have been in contact with the customer directly to apologize for the unfortunate situation."
"It's devastating to see that many dead," Julia Mahood, a Georgia master beekeeper, told WABE. "Just clumps of dead bees that had no chance because they were left outside with no food and basically got lost in Delta's machinery."
https://www.businessinsider.com/millions-bees-died-atlanta-after-delta-rerouted-alaska-bound-jet-2022-4
If there are millions of bees in crates that were to be moved, you'd think SOMEONE would have enough brains to ask up the chain "Hey, what do we do about these bees?"
What happened is no different than why so many dogs and cats die at airports and on planes. Because too many people charged with handling them DON'T GIVE A SHIT.
Alaska Public Media (APM) reported on Wednesday that a Delta plane carrying a shipment of around 5 million bees bound for Anchorage, Alaska, was forced to reroute to Atlanta. Most of the bees died in the Georgia city.
The shipment of 200 crates, ordered by Sarah McElrea of Sarah's Alaska Honey on behalf of 300 Alaskan beekeepers, carried 800 pounds of bees and was worth an estimated $48,000.
Delta says: "We have taken immediate action to implement new measures to ensure events of this nature do not occur in the future. We have been in contact with the customer directly to apologize for the unfortunate situation."
"It's devastating to see that many dead," Julia Mahood, a Georgia master beekeeper, told WABE. "Just clumps of dead bees that had no chance because they were left outside with no food and basically got lost in Delta's machinery."
https://www.businessinsider.com/millions-bees-died-atlanta-after-delta-rerouted-alaska-bound-jet-2022-4
If there are millions of bees in crates that were to be moved, you'd think SOMEONE would have enough brains to ask up the chain "Hey, what do we do about these bees?"
What happened is no different than why so many dogs and cats die at airports and on planes. Because too many people charged with handling them DON'T GIVE A SHIT.
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