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> Honeybees can surf to safety [cosmosmagazine.com]

Or water and air have resonance as a factor of each other or something?

Bees cannot survive in water long; once their trachea is covered, they can't recover, as far as I know.
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Here we go: the real study.

"Honeybees use their wings for water surface locomotion" [pnas.org]

"This article requires a subscription to view the full text." bah.
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@ryb will read…
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"Compared to water surface locomotion of other insects, neither the speed nor the efficiency achieved by the honeybee’s hydrofoiling impresses.

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"...this duration gives honeybees a range of approximately 5 to 10 m...bees placed on the surface of a pond were able to locomote to the shore and pull themselves out of the water...Once out of the water, they dry themselves for a short time and fly away."
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@33MHz Oh, that's cool
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