On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 14:16:42 -0800, Steve Hix
wrote:

In article ,
machf wrote:

But according to that theory, how do bees manage to fly, having no feathers or
hairs on their wings?
;-)

They have wing hairs, but they're *really* tiny:

http://science.exeter.edu/jekstrom/Color/Menu/Bee/Wing/Wing1C.jpg

http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/mem...sets/preset-3-
640x480.jpg

I was hinting at what they usually say about aerodynamics being unable to
explain how bees can fly (or was it bumblebees?)...

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