But the claim is baseless. Experts say bees are able to fly because of the flexible structure of their wings and a pressure differential between the air above and below them, which generates lift.

Today honeybees can be found all over the world. Bees are not fast fliers; while their wings beat over 11,000 cycles per minute, their flight speed averages only 15 miles per hour. In comparison ...

they tend to flap their wings faster. "And this was just for hovering," Altshuler said of the bees. "They also have to transfer pollen and nectar and carry large loads, sometimes as much as their ...

In defence, bees have been known to fan their wings to blow ants away. Now, researchers have documented making contact with their wings and physically batting ants out of the hive, a behaviour ...

Turns out bee wings get more jagged and asymmetrical when the bees they're attached to are stressed out, a new study says. "With hotter and wetter conditions predicted to place bumblebees under ...

in which the bee flutters its wings to blow the ant away without touching it. That makes a difference because fending off a stream of ant invaders can become an exhausting game of Whac-a-Mole as a ...