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"I applied the laws of air resistance to insects, and I arrived... at the conclusion that their flight is impossible.”
Antoine Magnan Le Vol des Insectes
(“The Flight of Insects”) 1934
http://sites.sinauer.com/animalphys3e/boxex20.02.html
http://sites.sinauer.com/animalphys3e/boxex20.02.html
http://beeinformed.org/2012/01/3252/
Vertical Muscle
Activates
Trigger
Longitudinal Muscle
Activates
Trigger
Time to Fly!
~230 Beats/Sec
From Winston, 1987, P. 28.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcU-i7j0uYs 1;20
Fuel-‐Up: 30mg Honey Distance: 60 km Speed: 24 km/hr