Eli5: How can insects fly in a moving car?

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Yesterday a bee got stucked inside my car, while I was in the car I was moving with the car but the bee was flying around me very easily, I mean I kind of understand it but I need to understand it from physics’ point of view.

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Your car is moving. You’re in your car. Your car is pushing you forward, so you’re moving too.

Your car is moving. There’s air in the car. The car is pushing the air forward, so the air is moving too.

The air in the car is moving. There’s a bee in the moving air. The moving air is carrying the bee along, and everyone is moving just as fast as the car. So nobody seems to be moving, except the bee which is flying around in the moving air.

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