Words cannot express how much I love this post.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Love your posts, but thats just a myth, scientifically speaking they can fly, and there is no reason why they wouldn't be able to

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That's along the lines of what I thought when I heard this, but I just think it's a nice sentiment.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yeah, it is lol :)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I never knew that about them...interesting.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I hate to be the one to ruin this fun but... yeah, they technically can fly. "The calculations that purported to show that bumblebees cannot fly are based upon a simplified linear treatment of oscillating aerofoils. The method assumes small amplitude oscillations without flow separation. This ignores the effect of dynamic stall, an airflow separation inducing a large vortex above the wing, which briefly produces several times the lift of the aerofoil in regular flight. More sophisticated aerodynamic analysis shows that the bumblebee can fly because its wings encounter dynamic stall in every oscillation cycle" (Explained nicely by the Wikipedia page) Basically, the guys who originally calculated it just didn't take into account how the wings disrupt the air above them (think like aeroplane wings!), which results in the bee being pulled upwards. ... well, I think it's interesting. :<

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Thanks for that. I read this and thought "Now that just doesn't make sense, if science says that it can't fly but it flies anyway, then there has been some serious miscalculation."

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Nice try, but no dice. Hell doesn't fly.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I learned this from the beginning of A Bee's Life.

by Anonymous 11 years ago