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Fw: highly obscure bee trivia
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Stan Sandler <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:10:29 -0400
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"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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