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
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A bee flies by applying force on the air with its wings, just like how you swim through water.
When the air (or water) is stationary, you’ll move forward. The air inside an enclosed vehicle with windows closed is stationary, moving at the same speed as the car. The bee can easily get to where it wants to go WITHIN that stationary bubble of air, just as if it were flying around a garden on a calm day.
When the air (or water) is moving, it creates currents that can make movement more difficult. When riding in a boat, the bee can move around the stationary air inside the cabin or, in the open cockpit area, under the column of air flowing up and over the windshield. Fly above that stationary air, though, and the bee will be caught in the current and ejected from the vehicle.
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