How do Bumblebees Fly?

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Fri, 2011-08-05 15:17

skinner_jennifer

How do Bumblebees Fly?

I was having a conversation with someone today,
we were having a discussion on how bumblebees
fly.

Considering their wings are smaller than their
bodies, it should be physically impossible.

I just wondered what you all thought, here at
ABC tales.

Fri, 2011-08-05 15:29

Highhat

I am sure some or other scientist/biologist has an explanation but I prefer to see them as wonders of nature. Something we just can't control. It's wonderful isn't it? ;)Pia

Fri, 2011-08-05 17:13

well-wisher

Oh bumble bee, you humble me the way you defy gravity. You're far too plump, with wings too small and so I'm stumped, "Why don't you fall?". JoHn

Oh look, a link. I wonder where it leads.

JoHn

Fri, 2011-08-05 17:21

The Big Bad G

Call me a party-pooping realist, but I have more trouble trying to work out how planes fly. I mean I get the physics of moving enough air over the wings and the required lift being finite and mechanically possible, I just don't buy it when I'm sitting in one on the runway... At least with bees I can look at them and think, 'it must work, otherwise they'd have longer legs.'

Fri, 2011-08-05 17:42

skinner_jennifer

Great! they are certainly wonderful creatures Pia.

Fri, 2011-08-05 17:44

skinner_jennifer

Ah! ah, the Hypnotic Bumblebee, I like that theory.

Fri, 2011-08-05 17:46

skinner_jennifer

FTSE100, you crack me up with that answer, nearly spat my tea out all over the computer. Phew!

Fri, 2011-08-05 17:49

skinner_jennifer

Peaceful, thankyou for the information, I will look forward to reading, with anticipation.

Fri, 2011-08-05 17:49

skinner_jennifer

John your poem was excellent and well and truely thought out.

Fri, 2011-08-05 17:51

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skinner_jennifer

Hi The Big Bad G, afraid I don't think much about planes, I'm more into nature. But thankyou for your input.

Fri, 2011-08-05 19:24

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lavadis

Bumblebees fly by creating a vortex. Planes on the other hand have to flap their wings very hard indeed before they take off. Younger planes sometimes fall out of their nests into our garden where they are caught by our cats, brought into our house and left in one of our shoes as a present. Our cats are very generous. (We have very large shoes).

Fri, 2011-08-05 19:24

#12

Cavalcader

new cavalcaderl julie good question, bees seem to hover don't they or dive bomb at you, if in garden. Planes I never thought should or would go up into the hemisphere, far to heavy. Then I won't and have never flown. Like your poem John on Bumble bees. julie

Fri, 2011-08-05 22:30

#13

Housetrained

Bees? Just let them fly. Flies? Just let them be.

Sat, 2011-08-06 11:34

#14

skinner_jennifer

Hi Lavadis, hey! I always knew Bees were more intelligent than planes. Jenny.

Sat, 2011-08-06 11:37

#15

skinner_jennifer

I don't like flying either julie, mind I wouldn't mind flying on the back of a Bumblebee, you must get the same feeling, as riding on a motorbike at 100 m.p.h. They are certainly the Harley Davidsons of the skies. Jenny.

Sat, 2011-08-06 11:40

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skinner_jennifer

Hi mfcostes, Really loved your poem, it proves one thing, that Bumblebees are really amazing creatures.

Sat, 2011-08-06 15:04

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Terrence Oblong

I think bees wings are similar in structure to angel's wings and pixie wings. How can you not love an animal makes honey and communicate's by wriggling their bum.

Sat, 2011-08-06 15:34

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skinner_jennifer

Ahh! now there's a thought Terrence, I really like that idea, but I'm not sure that Angels have wings, I think that's just a myth.

Sat, 2011-08-06 16:11

#19

Terrence Oblong

Making us laugh again FTSE, you really are the bees knees

Sat, 2011-08-06 16:54

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skinner_jennifer

A beeblebum ay! well I never and with ants in its pants too and they wear wigs. What a sight to behold. A very interesting idea. Don't like to sound ignorant, but what is a beeblebum? no actually don't tell me, I'll have to go and google that one.

Sat, 2011-08-06 16:57

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skinner_jennifer

Well I've just been on google so I'm still none the wiser as to what a beeblebum is. Oh well!

Sat, 2011-08-06 19:42

#22

Highhat

Do you know what I think a beeblebum is Jenny? It's a bumblebee just relaxing on it's bum- you know chilling waiting for Dad to finish cooking supper- hmm

Sun, 2011-08-07 01:26

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well-wisher

Bumblebee fact: Dumbledore is an old name for Bumblebee,that is where JK Rowling got the name for Hogwarts headmaster. JoHn

Oh look, a link. I wonder where it leads.

JoHn

Sun, 2011-08-07 13:11

#24

skinner_jennifer

Thanks for that piece of information John, it was something that I never actually knew. Jenny.

Sun, 2011-08-07 17:15

#25

Savx

Jenny, I was just thinking: When I read the comment that you said that bumblebees are the harley davidsons of the sky, I was thinking that they were more like the motor scooters that you see people driving around in on the roads ha. And that the wasps are the harley davidsons... I don't know, just had to share because it popped into my mind... And I was thinking of that because bumblebees are cute and stuff, while the wasps are more fierce and scary. Savannah

Sav

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