Recent studies have found that bees have so much electricity in the atmosphere that it can be compared to a cloud charged with a storm. Atmospheric electricity is nothing more than the pattern of electrical charges in the Earth’s atmosphere. The study by British scientists measured electric fields around bees flapping their wings.
Research published in the scientific journal IScience revealed that insects can produce as much electricity as charged clouds in a storm. According to the study, conducted by scientists at the University of Bristol, this type of energy helps shape weather events, helps insects find food, in addition to making them able to migrate long distances.
The results of the computerized measurement showed that insects, like living organisms, have a normal electric charge. In the case of bees, measurements have shown that bee swarms can alter atmospheric electricity by between 100 and 1,000 volts per metre.
Liom O’Reilly, one of the study’s co-authors, explains that “how insect swarms affect atmospheric electricity depends on their density and size.”
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