Eli5: when traveling on a boat going 40 mph, how can a bee hover with the boat if it wasn’t already in motion?

Question

I get that when you throw a ball in the air while traveling, it will go up at the same speed you’re moving at, but for a bee to be going on about it’s business like it’s nothing, traveling at 40 mph.. it doesn’t make any sense

In: Mathematics

Answer 1

Either it was a very fast bee, or it was getting a speed boost in the air pushed along by your boat, or both. There’s no fundamental physics being broken here, and without measurements it’s impossible to say what actually happened.