# Bees on a plane

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bees-on-a-plane/498597>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 3, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bees-on-a-plane/498597 "2009-06-03T17:15:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bees-on-a-plane/498597/1 "2009-06-03T17:15:24Z")

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[10,000 bees land on the wing of a plane.](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/02/national/a164636D76.DTL)

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bees-on-a-plane/498597/2 "2009-06-03T17:18:18Z")

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Samuel L. Jackson has already been alerted.

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bees-on-a-plane/498597/3 "2009-06-03T17:18:51Z")

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I’ve had enough of these motherfuckin’ bees on this motherfuckin’ plane.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bees-on-a-plane/498597/4 "2009-06-03T17:29:10Z")

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Yeah but what does **Covered in Bees!** think about it?

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**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bees-on-a-plane/498597/5 "2009-06-03T17:41:48Z")

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Worst Idea for a prequel ever.

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**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bees-on-a-plane/498597/6 "2009-06-03T17:47:12Z")

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Aw - no pictures? That would have been cool…

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**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bees-on-a-plane/498597/7 "2009-06-03T17:52:08Z")

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> [@Skara\_Brae](#):
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> Aw - no pictures? That would have been cool…

I know. I was looking for one, too.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bees-on-a-plane/498597/8 "2009-06-03T18:01:53Z")

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I don’t get what the buzz is all about.

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bees-on-a-plane/498597/9 "2009-06-03T18:12:58Z")

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Sadly, it appears nobody took a pucture. Everyone was probably too busy looking for epi-pens.

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**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bees-on-a-plane/498597/10 "2009-06-03T18:20:23Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> I don’t get what the buzz is all about.

I know, it just drones on.

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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bees-on-a-plane/498597/11 "2009-06-03T18:27:26Z")

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Just thinking about it gives me hives.

StG

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bees-on-a-plane/498597/12 "2009-06-03T18:34:07Z")

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Oh, beehave!

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**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bees-on-a-plane/498597/13 "2009-06-03T18:47:14Z")

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The pilot must have felt rather waspish.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bees-on-a-plane/498597/14 "2009-06-03T19:29:19Z")

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I think they’re about to be foiled.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bees-on-a-plane/498597/15 "2009-06-03T22:33:15Z")

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> [@gotpasswords](#):
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> Sadly, it appears nobody took a pucture. Everyone was probably too busy looking for epi-pens.

Verroa there!

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**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bees-on-a-plane/498597/16 "2009-06-03T22:35:02Z")

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Well, \*that’ll \*certainly give you bees.

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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bees-on-a-plane/498597/17 "2009-06-03T22:45:44Z")

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A bunch of semi-evolved primates were looking to head into birds’ territory. Kind of apee-airy.

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bees-on-a-plane/498597/18 "2009-06-03T23:48:12Z")

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I don’t have a pun. I just want to see a bee vacuum in action!

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**Author:** ![daygecko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/91b2a8/32.png) [@daygecko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daygecko)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bees-on-a-plane/498597/19 "2009-06-04T02:22:34Z")

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> [@ZipperJJ](#):
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> I don’t have a pun. I just want to see a bee vacuum in action!

They could’ve just started up the plane and taxied around with bees streaming off it. Though they probably couldn’t stop unless the queen finally fell off. That or they ran out of gas. Man, that would make a great movie.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bees-on-a-plane/498597/20 "2009-06-04T02:25:51Z")

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‘Old pilots never die. They just buzz off.’

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