Bees are able to beat their wings extremely fast – around 200 times a second ! This allows their wings to move the same amount of air as a pair of larger, slowly beating wings, like those of birds and bats.
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A scientist in 1947 determined that your average worker honey bee beats its wings at the rate of 208 to 277 beats per second. That adds up to 12,480 to 16,820 beats per minute .
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