I believe many people have questions. The bee's body looks chubby and its wings are so small. How does it support its flight with such small wings? How do they keep flying in the wind without falling?
The mystery of bee flight has puzzled people for a long time. According to early research, bees do not have enough power to fly. With the advancement of science and technology and the continuous improvement of aerodynamics, the mystery of bee flight has been gradually revealed. Today I will take you to find out more about it. How do bees fly?
The structure of bee wings
Honey Bees have two pairs of wings, namely the forewings and the hindwings. The forewings are larger than the hindwings. The forewings grow on the midthorax of bees, while the hind wings grow on both sides of the back of the thorax. The wings of bees are transparent and have mesh veins on their wings, which is the key to classifying bees.
At the base of bee wings, there is also a small bone called the wing joint. This small bone controls the bee's flight, wing flapping, fanning and other activities.
The role of bee wings
The most critical role of bee wings is to help bees fly to collect honey. Of course, bee wings can also play a role in regulating the temperature in the nest, especially in summer. Bees regulate temperature by flapping their wings and promote air circulation. Sometimes the nectar collected by bees has too much water, and bees will also evaporate water by flapping their wings to promote honey concentration.
The most surprising function of bee wings is When a bee colony encounters a natural enemy, the bee colony as a whole will make a sound by vibrating its wings. To deter natural enemies and protect the bee colony.
How bees fly
The wings of bees can move independently when vibrating at high speed, and can twist or rotate as the bees fly, fanning the surrounding air through their wings, creating air vortices.
This vortex will wrap the bees in the air, thereby providing lift for the bees to fly. The bees only need to adjust their angle slightly in the air to ensure that they fly in the air without falling.
Bees can form a spanwise cyclone through the direction of their wings during horizontal movement. This kind of cyclone can increase the air vortex, thereby increasing the lift of bees' flight and ensuring that bees fly in the air without falling.
When the direction of the bee's vibration changes, the bee's wings can also rotate around the direction in which the bee's wings spread. It can rotate up to 180 degrees, which can increase the relative speed between the bee's wings and the air. At the same time, it can also recover part of the energy in the air vortex wake, so that the bee can gain additional power. In this way, no matter how small the bee's wings are, it can still create flying conditions for it with the help of air vortices.
Although the wings of bees look small, they have great energy. Bees can complete high-speed movements through their wings, thereby forming air vortices. To ensure their flight, through precise control of air vortices, bees can achieve their flight needs.
Through the above introduction, everyone should understand the role of bee wings on bee flight.
Bees generate vortices through the high-speed vibration of their wings to ensure their flight speed and ability. The so-called bee flight did not comply with aerodynamics. It was just that people did not study aerodynamics thoroughly enough at that time, so This led to the idea that beesâ flight does not follow aerodynamic principles.
But even now, we cannot say that we fully understand the secret of bee flight. I believe that through scientific efforts and the continuous progress of aerodynamics in the future, we will be able to master the secret of bee flight, thereby providing more for our lives. convenience.We look forward to learning more about bee behavior in future scientific explorations.
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