why do bees make that sound hmmmmmm?
2006-10-29 05:35:32 · 32 answers · asked by [[George]] 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Their wings are going so fast..kind of like that toy you could buy at the fair,,that when you spun it around it would make a humming noise.
2006-10-29 05:39:28 · answer #1 · answered by Georgia Girl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
And I've always thought that bees buzz. Either way, anything that vibrates or moves rapidly to and fro, as wings do, transmits its vibrations to the air, where they propagate as pressure waves, and in due course reach our ears, where we perceive them as sound - because that's what sound is. The pitch of the sound relates to the wavelength of the pressure waves, which in turn is down to the speed of the vibrations, so a small insect like a gnat with fast moving wings has a high pitched whine, while a big lumbering bumblebee has slower wings and more of a deep buzz. Even slower wing beats, such as butterflies and birds, fall below the lowest pitch that our ears can detect.
2006-10-29 05:53:23 · answer #2 · answered by Sangmo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bee hums because it is the speed of the wings flapping around in the air!
2006-10-29 05:38:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The speed of it's wings Flapping creates a hum. They use it in the hive to control the Temperature
2006-10-29 05:37:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah everyone is right it's their wings, they move at a fast enough rate to cause the sound. Bees also use the frequency of their wings to get pollen off certain flowers.
2006-10-29 05:43:10 · answer #5 · answered by E 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they dont physicaly make the sound. The humming noise you hear is of their wing movement, since they go at a fast rate, it makes a humming sort of noise
2006-10-29 05:37:26 · answer #6 · answered by pchick261 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
cause they dont know the words, Its because the wings beat so fast its vibrates the air resulting in the hum.
2006-10-29 11:43:17 · answer #7 · answered by Arnie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not that they hum it is that there wings are moving so fast you hear it as a hum are a buzzing sound.
2006-10-29 05:38:21 · answer #8 · answered by God R 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Becuase if it didn't hum, it'd get bored.
Here's a better question: why must some old men hum or whistle constantly? It's annoying, stop it! And some women too, but not necessarily the old ones.
2006-10-29 05:37:56 · answer #9 · answered by Joker 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It's caused by their wings moving through the air.
2006-10-29 05:37:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋