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In other bee-related, but different type, news today: "Honeybee Swarms Can Produce as Much Electric Charge as a Storm Cloud" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/sma
by ethbr0 4y ago
In other bee-related, but different type, news today:
"Honeybee Swarms Can Produce as Much Electric Charge as a Storm Cloud" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/honeybee-swarms-can-produce-as-much-electric-charge-as-a-thunderstorm-180981005/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/honeybee-swarms-ca...
Note: Title is incorrect. They're actually talking in terms of charge density.
"As far as electricity generation goes, a bee swarm’s charge isn’t too impressive: It would take about 50 billion bees to power an LED light, Popular Science reports. But compared to the charges produced by common weather events, the bees’ charge density was six times greater than an electrified dust storm and eight times greater than a thunderstorm cloud."