Bees Always Have a Safe Landing
December 27, 2009
Find out why bees never crash land, and how their technique could help engineers to design new aircraft.
Whether landing on a picnic table, underneath a flower petal, or on a wall of a hive, bees always manage to touch down without crashing or tumbling.
Now, for the first time, scientists have figured out how these insects maneuver themselves onto all sorts of surfaces, from right side up to upside-down.
The bees’ technique, which depends mostly on eyesight, may help engineers design a new generation of Full Article on news.discovery.com
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