Local beekeepers scramble to rescue thousands of dying bees from Atlanta airport tarmac

ATLANTA — Metro Atlanta beekeepers scrambled to attempt to rescue hundreds of dying bees that had been left on the tarmac at Atlanta’s airport within the warmth this weekend.

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We’re working to study the place the rescued bees ended up, for Channel 2 Motion Information beginning at 4 p.m.

200 packages of bees had been speculated to be flown immediately from Sacramento, CA, to Anchorage, AL, 4 days in the past, however one way or the other ended up at Hartsfield-Jackson Worldwide Airport, in response to the Metro Atlanta Beekeeper’s Affiliation.

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After 4 days, the bees began to flee and employees took the cargo containers exterior within the warmth, WABE experiences.

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Sadly, the overwhelming majority of the bees died within the warmth, however a number of thousand had been rescued in response to the MABA.

An Alaska beekeeper reached out to beekeepers in Atlanta when the cargo didn’t arrive. Edward Morgan and 20 different beekeepers went to the airport to verify on the queens and spray sugar water to feed any of the surviving bees.

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