Pollen turns bumblebees into jumbo jets

Flying bumblebees trade off fighter-jet-like manoeuvrability for jumbo-jet-like stability when they shift their load from nectar to pollen, researchers have found. The findings, published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, are among the first to show how nectar and pollen affects the flight dynamics of bumblebees.

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