For many years the creationist foklore has maintained that theoretically,
bumblebees should not be able to fly, as an evidence for a designer. Aside from
the inconsistencies of the premise, pointed out by numerous evolutionists as
well as creationists, the issue of whether insects (and not just bumblebees)
should be able to fly is based upon comparisons between insects and fixed wing
or rotor winged aircraft. Modeling studies have indeed suggested insects should
not be able to fly. Of course, the problems were in the science, not inthe
insects, and a study recently published gives the amazing details of what we
have learned about insect flight in the past 5 years. The article can be seen
at http://physicstoday.org/pt/vol-53/iss-12/p22.html. While there are still
issues that are not understood, enough progress has been made so that you can be
assured that bumblebees can indeed fly.
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