Originally Posted by Moscow Times

Passengers aboard a Moscow-bound Boeing 757 flying from Blagoveshchensk were in for a nasty shock when bees started buzzing around the cabin mid-flight, Yakutia Airlines said Thursday.

A tipsy business-class passenger, it turned out, had smuggled two beehives on board at the request of the Blagoveshchensk airport's deputy director, who wanted them shipped to Moscow.

The shipment did not go smoothly, though. As soon as the Yakutia jet reached cruise altitude, the bees began to creep out of the two cardboard boxes that served as their hives, the airline said by e-mail.