Aerodynamics and Bees
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Kevin Daly
YES I ran the fatty over!!
Having worked at a honeybee research laboratory for 6 years (and commuting on my bike) I can tell you, MAN UP! 
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otrfjr
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Renegade,
I feel--have felt--your pain: had one hit me in the neck, sting me there, and then crawl his gooey *** down into my shirt. My guess is that mass has something to do with it not getting pushed up by the air stream like lighter insects. Now that I think about it, heavier items do see to hit me lower down. I once found a frog leg--not big enough to bread & fry unfortunately--on my jacket.
I feel--have felt--your pain: had one hit me in the neck, sting me there, and then crawl his gooey *** down into my shirt. My guess is that mass has something to do with it not getting pushed up by the air stream like lighter insects. Now that I think about it, heavier items do see to hit me lower down. I once found a frog leg--not big enough to bread & fry unfortunately--on my jacket.
luvtoride
My Indian name is "Pants On Fire"
Ya know Toe, because of your experience w/ bee stings, I now carry benadryl on board... hopefully not for me.
Bugnatr
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Hey Iggy, good time for a link to your "Bee/Wasp Encounter" After WFO in Wa.
Carpenter Bees are marbles with wings.
Carpenter Bees are marbles with wings.
SacramentoMike
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I think the one that got inside my t-shirt (and jacket) was hiding somewhere on the bike when I left home.
artistonFJR
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Geeez, sounds like someone has a bee in his bonnet!
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as to the physics, I used to design build and fly model gliders when I was a kid. I Lauched one and it caught a draft that took it towards the road. A car happened to be coming and I was sure the glider was going to crushed into splinters. It was headed straight for the grill of this car when the glider swerved up and followed the contuor of the car perfectly. up over the hood over the roof back down over the trunk and then went into a flat spin and landed in the road. The whole time it stayed about ten inches from the cars surface.
Same thing happens to the bee. The bee gets caught in the compressed stream of air created by the windscreen which carries her safely over the top then gets sucked down by the low pressuer area behind the screen. Tumbling it gets picked back up by air slipping around the screen to launch it into your face. It's probably spinning and pissed off so chances are you're getting stung.
Same thing happens to the bee. The bee gets caught in the compressed stream of air created by the windscreen which carries her safely over the top then gets sucked down by the low pressuer area behind the screen. Tumbling it gets picked back up by air slipping around the screen to launch it into your face. It's probably spinning and pissed off so chances are you're getting stung.
aerostich talks about how fast one can get in/out of a roadcrafter. it's amazing how much faster one can stop a bike, get kickstand down, helmet off, and top of suit off to get stinging instect out. it's almost a little "motorcycle jig". ( :
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Tenchi
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I learned this one the hard way. 100 mph bee to neck. Thank goodness for the neck protector otherwise I would have been in some serious sh*t. How it missed the bottom of my full face helmet, the top of my jacket AND the double bubble windshield I have no idea, but I assume it had something to do with the above and Murphy's law coming together.
7xray
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Speaking of fast, isn't it interesting how soon after you get your helmet on and the visor down that your nose starts to itch?
Checkswrecks
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AErodynamics aren't applicable here. It's total P.F.M.
Kevin Daly
YES I ran the fatty over!!
HotRodZilla
GOD BLESS AMERICA
Speaking of Bees...Last night I was on my way to meet some friends for a short ride. I was doing maybe 40 on a city street and saw a group of small black beads floating above the road. Next thing I know, the floaties are exploding on my helmet, windshield and jacket. I didn't know what I hit until after the barrage stopped, I saw two bees that looked to still be alive clinging to my jacket. Nothing down my neck or in my helmet though. I was thankful for that. I still stopped and did a bee check; just in case one made it past my gear and was gonna crawl onto my neck or some other place. Nothing but sticky bee guts. Sheesh!!!
gregory
Great things are afoot
Bees are bad enough, but a Grasshopper to the face really hurts,
Shield down!
Shield down!
RadioHowie
I Miss Beemerdons!
There's the fallacy in your analysis...the wind (and hence the bee) wasn't going 60-70mph and being accelerated over your windshield. The air was 0mph and you, moving at 60-70mph moved in to the bee's no-fly zone.
Your fault, physics and/or aerodynamics be damned!
Bustanut joker
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Ohhh, go toss a rock at'a beehive Howie.. ya wiseass.
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ya wiseass. :jester:
RadioHowie
I Miss Beemerdons!
WhatTheFook! Go back to sleep!Ohhh, go toss a rock at'a beehive Howie..
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Or at least answer this question:
If the bee is on an infinitely long, infinitely variabe-speed treadmill, will it STILL sting your cheek if it finds the space between the visor and the helmet?
Bustanut joker
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Well shoot, that I couldn't tell yaWhatTheFook! Go back to sleep!Ohhh, go toss a rock at'a beehive Howie..
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Or at least answer this question:
If the bee is on an infinitely long, infinitely variabe-speed treadmill, will it STILL sting your cheek if it finds the space between the visor and the helmet?
But I did spend last night at a Holiday Inn Express and shaved my anus while there, so.... Will my feet get wet in the rain due to hair loss???
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