Just like the Hare, being speedier does not always mean you reach your goal quicker, and in the case of bumblebees, exposure to neonicotinoids may provide a hyperactive 'buzz' but ultimately impair individual endurance." The team tested the bees' flight using an experimental 'flight mill' -...
Antoine Magnan, a French zoologist, in 1934 made some very careful studies of bumblebee flight and came to the conclusion that bumblebees cannot fly at all! Fortunately, the bumblebees never heard this bit of news and so went on flying as usual. — Ross Hutchins Insects (1968, 1972), ...