• Question: Why do bees buzz?

    Asked by 782yttc52 to Anna, Hayley, Iain, Rebecca on 15 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: Rebecca Jones

      Rebecca Jones answered on 15 Jun 2015:

      When a bee is buzzing it’s wings, it is creating little vibrations from the edge of its wings on the air. What you are hearing is the noise of the wings vibrating on the air because they are bendy and flapping about.

    • Photo: anon

      anon answered on 15 Jun 2015:

      There are also some bees that can vibrate deliberately to shake the pollen off the flowers and onto their bodies, which produces the buzzing noise too.

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