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Originally Posted by sesame
Or is there a reference to the poor bumblebee as the son of Satan, somewhere in the Good Book?
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It is not in that book, but in old popular belief witches and the devil can transform into a bumblebee.
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Originally Posted by sesame
You see, its body structure is not so aerodynamically streamlined. Yet as if by some miracle of nature, it manages to fly well!
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Originally Posted by Jenae LaTorque
As to how the bumblebee does it; the answer is Sheer Power.
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The bumblebee flies to slow to need a streamlined body, as the most insects. The belief that they should not be able to fly comes form calculate mistake. Someone calculated with a flat inflexible wing. But insect wings are flexible and have an incredible surface structure, which creates air turbulences that helps to get an aerodynamic lift.
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Originally Posted by sesame
In fact, apart from the enormous stinging power, I admire the Bumblebee.
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By comparison to bees, wasps or hornets, bumblebees have a very weak stinging power. They only can get through human skin with additional force (in flight, forces from both sides at squeezing), or at thin skin.
If you are nice to a bumblebee it will never sting you.