Bumblebee

The bumblebee is a four-winged insect, a species of bee. Its wings swivel and flap, knocking into each other which produces a buzzing sound. Despite the small area of its wings, the swirling vortices produced when the wings collide provide additional lift.

According to a persistent urban legend, the laws of physics supposedly say that "bumblebees can't fly." This stems from a rough calculation based on the assumption that their wings are smooth and fixed like that of an airplane. Strobe photography of bumblebees in flight shows how the wings move.

Bumble bees, like their honeybee cousins, feed on pollen and nectar. A bumble bee will often identify where a food source is by flying in a figure-8 pattern around it.