A Massive Swarm of Bees Delayed a Flight—and It Wasn’t the First Time

A Massive Swarm of Bees Delayed a Flight—and It Wasn’t the First Time

An early-morning IndiGo flight out of Surat, India, was all set for takeoff. Passengers were boarded. Luggage was loaded. But instead of lifting off at 4:20 a.m. as scheduled, the plane sat on the tarmac while a massive swarm of bees colonized the cargo door. Not a few bees. Not a stray hive. Thousands of them. Video shows a thick, pulsing clump of insects glued to the aircraft like something out of Candyman. Airport staff tried smoke first, a m…