0.005 seconds.
Honey bees' wings beat 11,400 times per minute.
Honey bees' wings beat 11,400 times per minute.
Honey bees beat their wings between 200 and 230 times a second when in flight.
It's not an idiom. Bees actually do hum, because their wings beat so fast that it makes a humming sound.
Apart from the obvious (flying !) - They also use them to regulate the temperature of the hive. Many worker bees will stand at the entrance to the hive, and beat their wings in order to circulate fresh air into the heart of the colony.
No. Wet wings are too heavy for the bees to fly.
Bumble bees beat their wings between 130 and 240 times a second with the smaller bees at the higher end of the scale and the larger bees at the low end. To say how may times an hour would imply they fly continuously for an hour, which they don't.
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All bees have four wings.
When bees are standing still, the wings are folded back along the body. When they are flying the wings expand perpendicular to the body.
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To fly