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Bumble bee flight
From:
Lawrence Harder <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 23 Apr 1993 08:27:59 -0600
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To dispell this apocryphal myth I recommend,
    McMasters, J.H. 1989. The flight of the bumblebee and
related myths of entomological engineering.  American Scientist
77:164-169.
 
To appreciate how bumble bees fly consult,
    Dudley and Ellington.  1990.  Journal of Experimental
Biology 148:19-52,53-88.
 
Apparently bumble bees are the mascot of Mary Kay cosmetics
based on this myth (the company wasn't supposed to fly either
- no logical physical explanation can be offered for its
success).
 
I hope this helps.
 
Lawrence Harder

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