How can the bumblebee fly

Airodinamicaly, it is imposible for it to fly.

Hi:

it spelled Aerodynamically and Yes they can - Due to fact there wings can generate more lift than gravity can hold them down ( basically it you can generate 300 pounds of lift and you weigth 100 pound what is going to happen - Answer you go up) However at the time when scienctist where studying them they couldn't see how the bumble bees generate there lift due to fact that there flapping wings move too fast for them accurately calculate what the lift is - It was so poorly understood that was why people thought it was impossible for them to do that , until high photography and supercomputer model finally cracked how they do it

Here are some websites for it :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumblebee#M…

http://www.bumblebee.org/faq.htm#Cantfly

http://www.dctech.com/physics/features/o…

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?…

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news…

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read…

http://www.bumblebee.org/bodyWing.htm


I hope this helps

That's an old saying, when people only knew about fixed wing aerodynamics. Now they take into account the wings moving, which makes it possible.

Obviously, it's not. They fly.

What on Earth are you talking about?