The DM Collection | Bumblebee Card
$6.00
Scientist Antione Magnan proved that bumblebees are incapable of flight. In his 1934 book, ‘Le Vol des Insectes’, he says, ”...prompted by what is done in aviation, I applied the laws of air resistance to insects, and I arrived... at this conclusion, that their flight is impossible.”
Watercolor painting of a Bumblebee by award-winning artist Daniel Mackie.
- Size | 7" x 5"
- Cards are blank inside
- Packed with envelope
- Printed on high-quality 330gsm card
- Made in the UK
- Style Code | A064
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