US Air Force's F-22 Raptor grounded by BEES: Maintenance crew discovers nearly 20,000 honey bees swarming the fighter jet's exhaust nozzle

It’s been called the best stealth fighter in the world, but the US Air Force’s F-22 Raptor proved no match for a colony of honey bees in search of a new home for their queen. 


After flight operations in Virginia, the maintenance crew discovered ‘what looked like a cloud of thousands of bees hanging from the jet’s exhaust nozzle. Despite their initial shock, the team did not call an exterminator – instead the colony was safely relocated to provide honey for a local beer producer.