> From: "Excerpts from BEE-L" <[log in to unmask]> > Organization: [log in to unmask] > From: "Brock, Alfred L." <[log in to unmask]> > Aerodynamics cannot describe why bees fly, but can describe how they do it. As > they do fly, there must be some flaw or new question to be asked in their > somewhere. I have recently read an article in 'New Scientist' that is relevant. It describes how insects actually manage to fly (supposedly according to standard aerodynamics it should be impossible). "Impossible Insects /On a wing and a Vortex", http://www.newscientist.com/ns/971011/features.html cheers Tony Morgan _____________________________________________ Anthony N Morgan, Forsteammanuensis Institutt for Elektroteknikk Hogskolen i Sor-Trondelag N-7005 Trondheim, Norway [log in to unmask] Tlf. 73 55 96 04 Fax. 73 55 95 81