Hundreds of pounds of honeybees were set to ship from the Lower 48 to beekeepers across Alaska last weekend. But most of the bees died in transit when the crates carrying them were left for hours on a hot tarmac in Atlanta.
The bees were bound for Anchorage, where they were to be shipped to beekeepers across the state.
“We had a load that was going to Fairbanks, and then we had somebody else that was going to distribute from Wasilla to Talkeetna,” she said. “And then we were going to do Anchorage and the Valley. And then our second one would’ve come in the following day and we would’ve taken that one back down to the peninsula to fulfill the rest of our orders.”
“I really panicked when they found they had moved them outside because the pheromones that those honeybees emit are attractive to other honeybees that are native to the area,” she said.McElrea said Delta refused to put the shipment on the plane. So, she turned to the internet for help.That’s how she connected with Atlanta beekeeper Edward Morgan. He went to the airport to take a look and found most of the bees in the shipment were already dead from the heat.
McElrea said these last few days have been a nightmare. She’s scrambling to patch up the mess and hasn’t slept much. “I will forever be grateful for anything that they were able to salvage,” she said. “They just assembled quickly and efficiency and really are the heroes in this scenario.”
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