I was having a conversation with someone today,
we were having a discussion on how bumblebees
fly.
Considering their wings are smaller than their
bodies, it should be physically impossible.
I just wondered what you all thought, here at
ABC tales.
Highhat | August 5, 2011 - 14:29
I am sure some or other scientist/biologist has an explanation but I prefer to see them as wonders of nature. Something we just can't control. It's wonderful isn't it?
;)Pia
Skunk | August 5, 2011 - 14:57
They hypnotise you into thinking they're flying, but really they're swimming.
FTSE100 | August 5, 2011 - 14:59
Shhhhh! Keep quiet about it! They can only fly because no-one's ever told them it's impossible. They think it's easy.
Peaceful | August 5, 2011 - 15:48
everything you ever wanted to know about bumblebees
http://www.bumblebee.org/faq.htm
well-wisher | August 5, 2011 - 16:13
Oh bumble bee,
you humble me
the way you
defy gravity.
You're far too plump,
with wings too small
and so I'm stumped,
"Why don't you fall?".
JoHn
The Big Bad G | August 5, 2011 - 16:21
Call me a party-pooping realist, but I have more trouble trying to work out how planes fly. I mean I get the physics of moving enough air over the wings and the required lift being finite and mechanically possible, I just don't buy it when I'm sitting in one on the runway... At least with bees I can look at them and think, 'it must work, otherwise they'd have longer legs.'
skinner_jennifer | August 5, 2011 - 16:42
Great! they are certainly wonderful creatures Pia.
skinner_jennifer | August 5, 2011 - 16:44
Ah! ah, the Hypnotic Bumblebee, I like that theory.
skinner_jennifer | August 5, 2011 - 16:46
FTSE100, you crack me up with that answer, nearly
spat my tea out all over the computer. Phew!
skinner_jennifer | August 5, 2011 - 16:49
Peaceful, thankyou for the information, I will look
forward to reading, with anticipation.
skinner_jennifer | August 5, 2011 - 16:49
John your poem was excellent and well and truely
thought out.
skinner_jennifer | August 5, 2011 - 16:51
Hi The Big Bad G, afraid I don't think much about
planes, I'm more into nature. But thankyou for your
input.
lavadis | August 5, 2011 - 18:24
Bumblebees fly by creating a vortex.
Planes on the other hand have to flap their wings very hard indeed before they take off.
Younger planes sometimes fall out of their nests into our garden where they are caught by our cats, brought into our house and left in one of our shoes as a present.
Our cats are very generous.
(We have very large shoes).
Cavalcaderl | August 5, 2011 - 18:24
new cavalcaderl julie
good question, bees seem to hover
don't they or dive bomb at you, if in garden.
Planes I never thought should or would go up
into the hemisphere, far to heavy. Then I won't
and have never flown. Like your poem John on Bumble bees.
julie
Housetrained | August 5, 2011 - 21:30
Bees? Just let them fly. Flies? Just let them be.
mfcostes | August 6, 2011 - 05:44
I've written a poem about it. You might want to check it out.
http://www.abctales.com/story/mfcostes/flight-bumblebee
skinner_jennifer | August 6, 2011 - 10:34
Hi Lavadis,
hey! I always knew Bees were more intelligent than
planes.
Jenny.
skinner_jennifer | August 6, 2011 - 10:37
I don't like flying either julie, mind I wouldn't
mind flying on the back of a Bumblebee, you must
get the same feeling, as riding on a motorbike at
100 m.p.h. They are certainly the Harley Davidsons
of the skies.
Jenny.
skinner_jennifer | August 6, 2011 - 10:40
Hi mfcostes, Really loved your poem, it proves one
thing, that Bumblebees are really amazing creatures.
Terrence Oblong | August 6, 2011 - 14:04
I think bees wings are similar in structure to angel's wings and pixie wings. How can you not love an animal makes honey and communicate's by wriggling their bum.
skinner_jennifer | August 6, 2011 - 14:34
Ahh! now there's a thought Terrence, I really like
that idea, but I'm not sure that Angels have wings,
I think that's just a myth.
FTSE100 | August 6, 2011 - 14:52
How do beeblebums fly? They've got ants in their pants, and ants are lighter than hair. They fly by wig power. I know it's not a very interesting answer, but science is science.
Terrence Oblong | August 6, 2011 - 15:11
Making us laugh again FTSE, you really are the bees knees
skinner_jennifer | August 6, 2011 - 15:54
A beeblebum ay! well I never and with ants in its
pants too and they wear wigs. What a sight to
behold.
A very interesting idea.
Don't like to sound ignorant, but what is a
beeblebum? no actually don't tell me, I'll have
to go and google that one.
skinner_jennifer | August 6, 2011 - 15:57
Well I've just been on google so I'm still none
the wiser as to what a beeblebum is. Oh well!
Highhat | August 6, 2011 - 18:42
Do you know what I think a beeblebum is Jenny? It's a bumblebee just relaxing on it's bum- you know chilling waiting for Dad to finish cooking supper-
hmm
well-wisher | August 7, 2011 - 00:26
Bumblebee fact: Dumbledore is an old name for Bumblebee,that is where JK Rowling got the name
for Hogwarts headmaster.
JoHn
skinner_jennifer | August 7, 2011 - 12:11
Thanks for that piece of information John, it was
something that I never actually knew.
Jenny.
slirpie125 | August 7, 2011 - 16:15
Jenny,
I was just thinking: When I read the comment that you said that bumblebees are the harley davidsons of the sky, I was thinking that they were more like the motor scooters that you see people driving around in on the roads ha. And that the wasps are the harley davidsons... I don't know, just had to share because it popped into my mind... And I was thinking of that because bumblebees are cute and stuff, while the wasps are more fierce and scary.
Savannah