The Flight of the Bumblebee

Recently, Mike Huckabee compared himself to the bumblebee, whose flight is according to lore impossible according to science.

My understanding is that science figured this one out a while back. Supposedly the weight-to-lift ratio was all wrong to get the bee off the ground, but wind tunnel tests have demonstrated that the bees create vorticies behind their wings that generate lift.

Was I smoking the crack, or has this mystery actually been solved?

Cecil takes off.

Mike Huckabee is on a flight of fancy, apparently.

Invisible jesus horses lift them up into the air.

Not suprising that he would use a bee analogy since the beehive is a common Mormon symbol.

Mike Huckabee, the well-known Baptist minister?

Though bumble bees live in burrows, not a hives, and they are not cooperative, industrious, prolific creatures like the honey bees the Mormons idolize.

It would be no more of a stretch to think this is due to Huckabee’s name.

Good thing his name wasn’t Huckabrontosaurus.

Why would the two choices you present have to be mutually exclusive? :wink:

Yes. He is trying to steal the coveted Mormon vote from Mitt. Those guys will do anything for a vote these days. :smiley: Oh wait, Mormons don’t idolize bumblebees. I guess I really don’t understand the Mormon vote. :smack: Vote for me anyway, at least I tried.

Do you know what bees like that are doing to our soil?

“Though bumble bees live in burrows, not a hives, and they are not cooperative, industrious, prolific creatures like the honey bees the Mormons idolize.”

Although indeed solitary bees,they DO NOT lack industry.