Researchers places bees in water and watch them do what is know as hydrofoiling.
Bees do this by curving their wings down and pushing down the water, before curving their wings up. As the bottom half of the wings are pushed forwards, the tops of the wings stay dry. The bugs swim along like this until they reach the water's edge and can fly away., is tiring and bees can keep it up for about 10 minutes, according to the authors.the wave pattern was"surprising and beautiful.
"The bees are showing us that the flapping wing systems are a viable tool for swimming on the water surface. This is quite a biological feat, considering the density of water is three times denser than that of the air," he said. Asked how the findings contribute to our wider understanding of bees, Roh said:"Honeybees need to collect water for cooling down their hives. When collecting water the bees are exposed to many risks.
"Our findings show how they might survive when they fall on the water surface. They cannot free their wings to regain the lost aerodynamic capability, but the study shows that they can use hydrodynamic thrust to go to the shore and pull themselves out.""At first I did not know that the wave pattern was generated by the bee. I took a closer look at the water surface, and there was a honeybee struggling to swim on the water surface," Roh recalled.
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