A Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 bound from Cancun was delayed after a swarm of bees settled on its right wing. The aircraft remained on the tarmac while crews assessed the unusual obstruction, then taxied and took off with the swarm still attached; the bees dispersed during the takeoff roll.
The episode turned a routine departure into a short ground delay at a warm-weather leisure airport, with no sign of a technical fault or weather trigger. It also underscores how wildlife can still interrupt line operations, even when dispatch release and aircraft readiness are otherwise intact.