Bumblebees and Antigravity

Hey dear Hiveans, at the beginning I would like to welcome you to my new post and hope you had a day full of positive experiences! Today I would like to discuss an interesting topic and hope you can expand your knowledge.

There are numerous species of insects that could not actually fly because of their weight and a good example is the bumblebee and for a long time this phenomenon has left numerous questions open in research. Bumblebees can often carry more than twice their body weight and by the movement of the front parts of the wings can create a tornado-like effect due to the circular movement, whirls arise, which result in a large volume of air and the insect can fly due to the generated negative pressure. Some research from the past is also interesting, which show that the structure of the wings plays a large one and on the underside of the wings of some insects, hexagonal forms can often be seen, which also have electrostatic properties and together with the microstructures they create an effect of levitation. The movements create electrical energy and the particles are thereby electrostatically charged and the final levitation is created, so the focus here is on the geometry as well as structure which make up the effect and some of this research was also associated with the so-called Cavity Structural Effect. In 2012, it was also found out that in the middle of the wings sits a small part which consists of the protein resilin which is often found in nature and also the rest of the wings consists of this extremely elastic protein and guided by this it is possible to move the wings in such a way that bumblebee have to carry less weight and it is definitely an interesting area of research.

Thanks for the visit and I hope you could learn something new about this topic! I captured these pictures with my Camera Sony Alpha 6000 plus 55-210 mm lens.