Bumblebee #animals #bumblebee #bees | Animal Documentary

Have you ever watched a bumblebee flying and thought, ‘how do these cute fluff balls do it?’ 🤔 Let’s shed some light on bumblebee flight: ⏱️ Bumblebees have four wings: two forewings and two hindwings. They can flap their wings up to 200 times per second – fast enough to fan flowerheads and sweep fallen petals across the ground. 🚁 Have you ever heard, “According to physics, bumblebees shouldn’t be able to fly”? This false statement assumes bumblebees fly without moving their wings, like a plan

This fuzzy teddy bear of a bee 🐝 is the American bumblebee. This highly adaptable insect once thrived from coast to coast, providing essential pollination service to wild plants and crops across 47 states. But due to threats including habitat loss, widespread pesticide use, climate change and disease, it has disappeared from eight states and declined throughout nearly all of its range. The decline of this once-common native pollinator is alarming and heartbreaking — and a harbinger of massive b