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- 1Bumblebees bank to land on moving flowers, study shows●🐝 NEW: # Bumblebees returning to a hive were filmed landing on a # flower model sliding sideways twice a second. Three h
Researchers filmed bumblebees landing on a flower model sliding sideways twice a second, capturing 48 landings with three high-speed cameras and rebuilding them in three dimensions. The bees banked to match the platform's motion, lagging slightly behind it, and mathematical models were used to explain the manoeuvre.