TIL that bumblebees can fly higher than the peak of Mt. Everest. Researchers put the bees in plexiglass chambers where they simulated different altitudes. While all bees were capable of flying at over 24,278 ft (7,400 m), two bees were capable of hovering at over 29,527 ft (9,000 m). User DngnDragon_Deez_Nutz, in the Today I Learned (TIL) subreddit, 04 Dec 2023
[todayilearned] TIL that bumblebees can fly higher than Mount Everest. It’s difficult for most insects and birds to fly at extremely high altitudes where the air is thin and oxygen is scarce but researchers were able to track some bumblebees that were able to fly at more than 9000 metres. User Know_Your_Shit_v2, in the Know Your Shit subreddit, 07 Jul 2020
TIL that bumblebees can fly higher than Mount Everest. It’s difficult for most insects and birds to fly at extremely high altitudes where the air is thin and oxygen is scarce but researchers were able to track some bumblebees that were able to fly at more than 9000 metres. User doppl, in the Good Rising Posts subreddit, 07 Jul 2020