KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 8): Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) said today it is aware that a swarm of bees has congregated at Bay Q4 of klia2 and that the airport operator had not had any situation where the migrating swarm had caused harm to anyone in the past.
MAHB said in a statement that it is quite common for migrating swarms of bees to congregate at airports, especially at the airside, and they would normally disperse when there is rain or heavy wind.
"We monitor such situations and if they do not disperse by nightfall, we will get pest control to fumigate, so as to avoid the formation of a beehive.
"Such activities are normally done at night for safety reasons,as it would be hazardous to disturb the swarm during the day. In this particular case, the swarm had appeared between 10 am to 11 am this morning. If the swarm remains, we will continue to take similar actions and we are ready to fumigate at 8pm tonight," MAHB said.
MAHB’s statement today was in response to AirAsia Group Bhd group chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes’ claim earlier about bees found in klia2.