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While the Alaska-bound bees never made it to their final destinations, the quick work of a well established colony of bee keepers united communities across the continent, and the honeybees found new homes across Georgia. And 4,400 miles away, in Soldotna, one beekeeper went to great lengths to make her beekeepers whole again.
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Hundreds of pounds of honeybees died in the Atlanta heat last weekend when their shipment from California to Alaska went awry. Soldotna beekeeper Sarah McElrea, who was coordinating the delivery, said the loss is devastating for Alaska's beekeeping community.