These probably contains more than you would ever want to know about it: http://www.sciam.com/2001/0601issue/0601dickinson.html
http://www.maa.org/mathland/mathland_3_31.html http://www.iop.org/Physics/News/0012i.1 http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_045.html Marshall "James Osbourne, Holmes" wrote: > I think it was the theory of lift from the orbiting motion of the wings that > was missed; not the flow over the body. > > James-Osbourne: Holmes > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jack Dayton [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 4:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: CS>Re: Bumblebees > > Marshal, I have a question about the flight of the bumblebee -- > you said; > > One has to look at the whole picture. The bumblebee's wings provide too > little lift for them to lift the bumblebee. But the scientists forgot about > the flow of air over it's round body, which provides a significant amount of > lift, sufficient to allow it to fly. > > My question is, if the bumblebee is at rest, what causes the *...flow of > air over it's round body,...* to allow it to begin it's flight? > > JayDay > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
