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Remember during the last presidential election Mike Huckabee said “It’s said that, according to the law of aeronautics and the wingspan and circumference of the bumblebee, it is aeronautically impossible for the bumblebee to fly, However, the bumblebee, being unaware of these scientific facts, goes ahead and flies anyway.” First, let’s forget he said “aeronautics”, and focus on the myth that it is “impossible for the bumblebee to fly” I believe that this was also stated in the kids movie, Bee Movie. This is, of course, not the case at all, and considering the childlike logic of Mr. Huckabee’s statement, we might be glad he didn’t win. I believe he also said Bumblebee make honey.

Ok, politics aside, the is a crazy myth that kids tell each other but it is not at all the case in real life. In fact, and real scientist would never say that bees can’t fly because obviously they do. What science does is attempt to figure out why bees fly and if they have not yet done so doesn’t mean it can’t be done. So the correct statement should be, Scientist don’t know how bees fly”, not “Scientist say bees can’t fly.”

Here is an article from 2006 in which LiveScience explains how bees fly.

Scientists Finally Figure Out How Bees Fly