The myth that bumblebees shouldn’t be able to fly according to science needs to die.
They wouldn’t be able to fly in an outdated, simplified model, where you just plug in their wingspan, weight and how fast they move their wings against air resistance.
If you account for the fact that air molecules are a lot larger relative to their size than to a bird’s, so air acts more like water at that small scale, and take turbulence into account, it’s no surprise they can fly, and scientists know that.
The myth that bumblebees shouldn’t be able to fly according to science needs to die.
They wouldn’t be able to fly in an outdated, simplified model, where you just plug in their wingspan, weight and how fast they move their wings against air resistance.
If you account for the fact that air molecules are a lot larger relative to their size than to a bird’s, so air acts more like water at that small scale, and take turbulence into account, it’s no surprise they can fly, and scientists know that.