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, Georgia. Most of the bees died in Atlanta.on behalf of 300 Alaskan beekeepers, carried 800 pounds of bees and was worth an estimated $48,000.
Delta told McElrea the bees would have to wait in a cooler last Saturday but they were transferred to the tarmac the next day over fears the bees were escaping. McElrea told APM the temperature in Atlanta was 80 degrees Fahrenheit on the day they were left there. MacElrea told APM that she connected on Facebook to"a page that is based in Georgia." She got through to Edward Morgan, a beekeeper in Georgia, Atlanta, whohe and more than 20 others from Metro Atlanta Beekeepers Association rushed to the airport to try and save the bees.
Catherine Salm, another spokesperson for Delta, told APM:"We have been in contact with the customer directly to apologize for the unfortunate situation."
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