Graceful and acrobatic motions would be well suited to aircraft design
By Emily Sohn
Discovery Channel
updated 3:12 p.m. CT, Wed., Dec . 23, 2009
Whether landing on a picnic table, underneath a flower petal, or on a wall of a hive, bees always manage to touch down without crashing or tumbling.
Now, for the first time, scientists have figured out how these insects maneuver themselves onto all sorts of surfaces, from right side up to upside-down.