Massachusetts
Jun 9 2009, Asylum Staff

Filed under: News, Weird, Nature A swarm of 10,000 honeybees appeared out of nowhere on Sunday and landed on the wing of a parked airplane at an airport in Massachusetts, USA. Witnesses called police, who sent in a local bee removal expert, Al Wilkins, t

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Duquesne’s Melquan Bolding, right, makes a shot against Massachusetts’ Tony Gaffney, left, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game at the Atlantic 10 Conference men’s tournament at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Wednesday, March...