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I don't want to spoil a good story, but even the most basic familiarity with
shotguns and their ballistics would tend to dispel any misconceptions about
shotgun pellets being mistaken by bees in a swarm for "streaker bees".
A typical shotgun shell has an rated muzzle velocity of about 1220 fps.
They print these velocity specs right on every box of shells.
1220 fps is 831 mph, which is 381 m/s or 1338 km/hr. (To compare, the speed
of sound is 1125 fps, 343 m/s, 761 mph, 1234 km/hr so store-bought shotgun
shells are invariably needlessly loud, each and every one making its own
sonic boom.)
In contrast, the maximum flight speed of a bee is about 20 mph = 29 fps = 9
m/s = 32 km/hr
One has to conclude that a bee would not even notice something moving so
fast, let alone mistake it for another bee, moreso given the small size of
the shot. #OO-buckshot, about the largest commonly-used shot consists of
8.38 mm spheres. #7 birdshot, another common size, consists of 2.54mm
spheres.
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