Bumblebees.
People think of them as cute, dress their kids and pets up in black and yellow striped suits. Coo over'em. Personally? Bumblebees scare me and I find their droning fairly ominous,. Doesn't stop me from being impressed, nevertheless.
A British bumblebee has set a record for long-distance flight, finding its way home after being dropped off 8 miles away. Nobody knows if other bees have flown farther — few tests have been done — but this flight is about 5 miles more than scientists expected.
For the record, the bee flew from a garden center in Heddon on the Wall in the Tyne Valley in the county of Northumberland to its home at Newcastle University. Other bees in the test flew up to 3 miles to get back.
8 miles. That's over 12 KM. Convert that to bumblebee lengths!
:o
That's a really long way.....
2 comments:
That was one busy little bumblebee eh Fiona ? :)
Oh Paul, yes indeed it was!!
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