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RufusXS
27th Sep 2018, 21:19
Maybe not environmentally friendly, but what would have happened if they just started the engine?
Bees swarm airplane engine at South African airport, delay multiple flights | Fox News (http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2018/09/27/bees-swarm-airplane-engine-at-south-african-airport-delay-multiple-flights.html)
lomapaseo
27th Sep 2018, 21:53
Maybe not environmentally friendly, but what would have happened if they just started the engine?
Bees swarm airplane engine at South African airport, delay multiple flights Fox News (http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2018/09/27/bees-swarm-airplane-engine-at-south-african-airport-delay-multiple-flights.html)
some bees might not survive
The majority will exit out the fan discharge. Whatever the areas will bear in the internal engine probes will be packed solid to mess up the FADEC etc. signals.
What they do with the captured bees without a queen is another matter best left for JetBlast.
pasta
28th Sep 2018, 09:39
A proxy will be elevated (crowned??)
Can't do that outside a hive (which a swarm doesn't have) - Queens have to be specially reared from the larval stage. Without a queen, workers will most likely drift off and join other colonies.
(Sorry - I used to keep bees...)