#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 108

Bees can fly backwards…and hover!

This is down to the fact that they have evolved to fly using the more advanced mechanism of flight termed ‘indirect flight’.
The more primitive mechanism being ‘direct flight’.
#bees
#science
#nature

If a disabled person asks for help, don’t tell them to “try harder”.

Asking for help is one of the most difficult things for us, and I assure you we tried absolutely everything before we asked you.

Ableism trains people to believe we can “fix ourselves”. It’s not true. You can’t “try harder out” your way out of disability.

Capitalism didn't give us the internet.

Large-scale cooperation, open protocols, and free software gave us the internet. Capitalism gave us mobile sites that don't work because fifteen ads cover the screen.