HOW BEES CAN FLY IS HONEY OF A MYSTERY NEW TECHNOLOGY TO AID UW STUDY OF PUZZLE.(News) From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) | Date: January 27, 2001| Author: Stiffler, Lisa | COPYRIGHT 2001 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Every child learns in grade-school science that honey bees shouldn't be able to fly, but somehow - despite classical laws of aerodynamics - they do anyway.

Now a revolutionary technology, which for a decade has helped scientists keep Boeing planes aloft and NASA spacecraft soaring, is aiding University of Washington scientists as they try to reveal the secrets of these fantastic fliers.

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