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Bees should be aerodynamically incapable of flight.

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REFUTED
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Is it true that bees should be aerodynamically incapable of flight?

No. A physics reference directly states the aerodynamic-incapability claim is false, tracing it to a retracted 1930s calculation, and peer-reviewed studies document bumblebees and honeybees flying, hovering at extreme altitude, and recovering from gusts.

Verdict: REFUTED · 0 sources for, 9 against · Last checked

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Evidence against · 9
Bees with attitude: the effect of gusts on flight dynamics
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Bees with attitude: the effect of gusts on flight dynamics. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1802.03580

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Bees with attitude: the effects of directed gusts on flight trajectories
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Bees with attitude: the effects of directed gusts on flight trajectories. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.034074

Surpassing Mt. Everest: extreme flight performance of alpine bumble-bees
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Surpassing Mt. Everest: extreme flight performance of alpine bumble-bees. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.0922

A thermal performance curve perspective explains decades of disagreements over how air temperature affects the flight metabolism of honey bees
2024
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Jordan, G. & Jon, H. (2024). A thermal performance curve perspective explains decades of disagreements over how air temperature affects the flight metabolism of honey bees. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.8w9ghx3vg

The Oxford Handbook of Deliberative Democracy
2018
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Bächtiger, A., Dryzek, J. S., Mansbridge, J., & Warren, M. E. (2018). The Oxford Handbook of Deliberative Democracy. play.google.com. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=jh1rDwAAQBAJ&source=gbs_api

Why bumble bee cannot fly aerodynamically? [duplicate]
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Why bumble bee cannot fly aerodynamically? [duplicate]. (n.d.). physics.stackexchange.com. https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/185956/why-bumble-bee-cannot-fly-aerodynamically

Selected Poems
2006
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McGough, R. (2006). Selected Poems. books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=K5JlAAAAMAAJ&dq=Bees+should+be+aerodynamically+incapable+of+flight.&hl=&as_pt=BOOKS&source=gbs_api

The Collected Poems
2024
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McGough, R. (2024). The Collected Poems. books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=7a3ZEAAAQBAJ&dq=Bees+should+be+aerodynamically+incapable+of+flight.&hl=&as_pt=BOOKS&source=gbs_api

Wind and route choice affect performance of bees flying above versus within a cluttered obstacle field
2022
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Nicholas, B., Marc, B., & Stacey, C. (2022). Wind and route choice affect performance of bees flying above versus within a cluttered obstacle field. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.25338/B8Z34Q

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