And physicist have proven that bumblebee wings don’t work, so we know that crazy contraption of “drones” will remain a fiction.
I love that bees just lift their fat little bodies off the ground and don’t care what scientists think.
Not sure if that was a continuation of the satire, but the question interested me so in case anyone else wants to know, here’s an article on the origins of that myth: https://www.animal-dynamics.com/the-bumblebee-flight-myth/
I was making reference to the opening lines of Bee Movie, which were an old meme.
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And physicist have proven that bumblebee wings don’t work, so we know that crazy contraption of “drones” will remain a fiction.
I love that bees just lift their fat little bodies off the ground and don’t care what scientists think.
Not sure if that was a continuation of the satire, but the question interested me so in case anyone else wants to know, here’s an article on the origins of that myth: https://www.animal-dynamics.com/the-bumblebee-flight-myth/
I was making reference to the opening lines of Bee Movie, which were an old meme.