We have a bet going at work with the bosses dad. He said he saw that a bumblebee can travel at around 428 mph. Is this true?
2006-08-21 15:52:55 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
10 meters per second or 22 miles per hour
2006-08-21 16:06:55 · answer #1 · answered by Ms. Roger Rabbit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have an answer for you! No it is not true.
"Fastest Flyer - Modern experiments have established that the highest maintainable air speed of any insect, including the deer bot-fly, hawkmoths, and horseflies is 24 mph, rising to a maximum of 36 mph for short bursts by some large dragon flies. " quoted from www.fourth.umn.edu (see source list)
The fastest bird is the Peregrine Falcon.
I bet your bosses dad saw that the 'wings' of a bumblebee travel at 428 mph. They do move up and down very, very fast. This is possible due to an elastic type set up that allows the bee to pull the wings in one direction, then the wings spring back. Read "Weird Wing Facts" at http://www.szgdocent.org/resource/ff/f-arth21.htm
2006-08-21 16:15:37 · answer #2 · answered by skatefast2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they fly quite slow as a rule. Only at about 45kms per hour. Depends on what they are doing though.
If they are going to a honey sale, they would fly about 100kms. If it was their turn to look after the Queen Bee and massage her feet or something they would fly at about 35kms an hour.
2006-08-21 15:59:45 · answer #3 · answered by Kylie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe for their size it would be compared to a human moving 428 mph
2006-08-21 15:58:20 · answer #4 · answered by Mr.No-It-All 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck?
JK
I googled..... I found:
22 miles per hour
2006-08-21 16:07:13 · answer #5 · answered by DrVodka 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bumble bee can fly faster than u and my cat.
2006-08-21 15:58:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think he could see it if it went that fast, arent bees pretty small?Just wondering!
2006-08-21 15:58:08 · answer #7 · answered by Grandma of six 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it can fly faster than you can run by size that can be true
2006-08-21 15:59:44 · answer #8 · answered by me too 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
realy dang fast
2006-08-21 15:58:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can really buzzz along man.
2006-08-21 15:58:42 · answer #10 · answered by Huguenot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋