Short and stubby, the bumblebee doesn't look very flight-worthy. Indeed, in the 1930s, French entomologist August Magnan even noted that the insect's flight is actually impossible, a notion that has ...

This statement appeared a few years ago in Popular Science, starting off an article about drag racing. Indeed, the venerable line about scientists having proved that a bumblebee can’t fly appears ...

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - According to the Bee Conservancy, one in every three bites of food you take has been pollinated by bees. There are over four thousand native bee species in the United States - ...

For almost a century, baffled scientists have wondered how bumblebees stay in the air. Now a new study has shown they defy the laws of gravity by using brute force. Unlike the elegant, efficient ...

A violinist has broken the record for the fastest performance of the Flight of the Bumblebee. Oliver Lewis managed to play the piece in one minute and 3.356 seconds. He performed the feat live on the ...

The flight of the bumblebee – once thought to be aerodynamically impossible – has proven to be even more scientifically astounding than previously believed following a study showing how the humble ...