In a closed airtight container (if they are released without too much delay they will not asphyxiate) it
would not matter whether the girls were flying or not, as any lift they generate can only push down on the
container by the same amount (no net weight change for the container as a whole).  Although chilled
bees would be easier to count.

Dave's "bees flying in hives lightened the truck" story sounds like the beginnings (or is it the
perpetuation) of a beekeeping myth.

Perhaps we can build on it and make a decent yarn - perhaps some beekeeper getting his truck unstuck
from mud using similar technique (but we need to spin it out somewhat)?


-Pav, going to strap a hive to his back and fly home by repeatedly banging it.


At 18/01/01 21:43:00, Joseph wrote:

>Weighing out a pound of bees, ... is made very difficult by the bees' ... constantly buzzing their wings.
>This ... offsets the ... weight by a considerable amount, and may create a situation where the entire
>mass of bees takes flight solely due to the efforts of the outermost bees.

To which at 19/01/01 07:50:00, Dave wrote:

>Knowing that his truckload of bees was overweight, ... He took the club ... and walked all around
>...rapping the hives. The bees ...became airborne inside the hives. Then he ... passed the scales...



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