The beating of the wings moves air down and across the bee's back and provides lift to the wings, and the back simulatneously.
Marshall Jack Dayton wrote: > Marshal, I have a question about the flight of the bumblebee -- > you said; > > One has to look at the whole picture. The bumblebee's wings provide too > little lift for them to lift the bumblebee. But the scientists forgot about > the flow of air over it's round body, which provides a significant amount of > lift, sufficient to allow it to fly. > > My question is, if the bumblebee is at rest, what causes the *...flow of > air over it's round body,...* to allow it to begin it's flight? > > JayDay > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
