"I applied the laws of air resistance to insects, and I arrived... at the conclusion that their flight is impossible.”

Antoine Magnan Le Vol des Insectes

(“The Flight of Insects”) 1934

http://sites.sinauer.com/animalphys3e/boxex20.02.html

http://sites.sinauer.com/animalphys3e/boxex20.02.html

http://beeinformed.org/2012/01/3252/

Vertical Muscle

Activates

Trigger

Longitudinal Muscle

Activates

Trigger

Time to Fly!

~230 Beats/Sec

From Winston, 1987, P. 28.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcU-i7j0uYs 1;20

Fuel-­‐Up:    30mg  Honey    Distance:    60  km  Speed:    24  km/hr