"Coelho (1991) found in tethered honeybees the
maximum force production of drones to be twice
that of workers"
3.95 mN (drone)
1.73 mN (worker)
"but on a body weight basis to be similar"
19.4 N/kg and 21.0 N/kg
So, in theory, if they all get together and pulled,
they could move the beehive.
Stan (thinking, need a lot of trained spiders)
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