Bumblebees, You, and Me -- Does Flight Have To Be Tough? - By Dan Ohler

The rumour: aerodynamically, based upon the ratio of wing surface area to body size, a bumblebee should not be able to fly.A strange thought as I watch several bumblebees wiggle their pudgy black and yellow bodies in and out of purple delphinium flowers, legs laden with pollen, and then off they go in perfect flight.No one told them they couldn’t fly. Flight appears to be quite effortless to