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BirdEducational6226 t1_jch0abt wrote

Reply to comment by IntergalacticPuppy in TIL that USPS ships day old baby chicks in the mail by shelovesbackshots

I've picked up bees from the post office before. They're usually pretty happy to get them out of their office. Ground shipping only, though.

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LongWalk86 t1_jchxhvz wrote

Got a call once from a very scared sounding postal worker. They were at a sorting facility about an hour away near a major hub and told me my bee shipments was damaged and bees were loose and that I need to come get them.

We raced there expecting bees flying everywhere, but of course the box was fine and still sealed, but 50-100 bees were hanging onto the outside of the box at the bee yard and just stayed part of the swarm. The lady must have really just not liked bees or had disturbed them for a moment because you almost always get a few free-bees on packages, though that was a lot.

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Hispanime t1_jcidap0 wrote

I can't tell if my by ground only you mean trucks, cause I work for FedEx and we fly bees for USPS on our planes

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BirdEducational6226 t1_jcidf9a wrote

It might just be a USPS thing.

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Neokon t1_jcjtz5v wrote

USPS sends all airmail by the other delivery companies like FedEx. USPS doesn't have their own planes, so it is a USPS thing.

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