The cooling system that lets bees beat the heat when hovering

To stay in the air when hovering over a flower, bumble bees continually flap their wings rapidly, a metabolic process that ...
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Amy-Lynn Albertson: Flight of the bumble bee

One of my favorite pollinators is the bumble bee. Bumble bees are the pollinator world’s cute, cuddly, awkward fellows. Due to their unique physiology that allows bumble bees to fly in conditions when ...
University of Wyoming

UW Researchers Measure How Much Bumble Bees Can Cool Body Temperature Through Wing Movement

Like a duck that, on the surface, looks like it is calmly floating on the water while paddling furiously underneath, a bumble bee hovering over a flower may look like it’s not doing much to the naked ...
Earth.com

Every honey bee has its own flight path - and sticks to it

Honey bees follow personal and highly precise flight routes using landmarks and memory, according to new research.