Flight of the "supersonic" Bumble Bee !!

[earlybird]

Igor Sikorsky said that bumble bees are theoretically unable to fly, but as no-one has ever told them, they just go ahead an do it.

 

[johnalison]

Igor Sikorsky said that bumble bees are theoretically unable to fly, but as no-one has ever told them, they just go ahead an do it.

I'm still unconvinced that Sikorsky's machines can fly either, even though it has been explained to me a thousand times.

 

[JumbleDuck]

I'm still unconvinced that Sikorsky's machines can fly either, even though it has been explained to me a thousand times.

Helicopters can't fly. Well known fact. They are so ugly that the earth repels them.

 

[Lon nan Gruagach]

It would be nice, if you are going to flatly contradict someone, if you would cite a reference source...

Mike.

Your Google Fu is not strong, unlike:

Heres a source for you and you've got to love the pedantry
"Yes bumble bees (genus Bombus) and most social bee species make edible honey, but aside from “honey bees” most don’t store a lot of it (Trivia: “honey bee”, not “honeybee”, because they are true bees. A dragonfly is not a true fly, nor is a butterfly, so their name runs together as one word - as opposed to a “Horse fly” or a “House fly”)."

https://www.quora.com/Do-bumble-bees-make-honey

which happens to be the very same page I visited when wondering if indeed bumble bees make honey.

 

[mjcoon]

(Trivia: “honey bee”, not “honeybee”, because they are true bees. A dragonfly is not a true fly, nor is a butterfly, so their name runs together as one word - as opposed to a “Horse fly” or a “House fly”)."

Where did that idea come from? For instance, an ichneumon fly is really a wasp, see http://www.memidex.com/ichneumon-fly (and wikipedia etc).

Mike.