The harmony of the hexagon!

Why did they choose the hexagon?

Why not a square, triangle, or circle?

It is the shape that has been proven (if we draw a line on the material) to cover a surface more efficiently and effectively. Compared to other geometric shapes, in terms of capacity, energy consumption, and material economy.

Based on teamwork and instinct, they manage with great precision to construct equal and identical hexagons.

For millions of years, we have been constantly improving and adapting to the spatial conditions of each colony.

It is the structure in which they will be born, hatch, deposit the materials for the preparation of their food (pollen, water, nectar, etc.), and store their own food, honey.

We borrow their technology!

We will use it in a wide range of modern applications such as smart mobile phones (Honeycomb technology Cellular), modern telescopes, modern buildings (lightweight structures with honeycomb structures) and even cookware with honeycomb coatings.

A creation made by trained microscopic architects.

Trained, because "architects" are not a special category of bees.

It is a skill that all bees will acquire and use at some point in their lives.

Before moving on to the next stages of training and being promoted to colony guards to reach their final completion.

The honeybee collector.

Some people had doubts.

They considered this behavior to be "robotic" in terms of the architecture of the hive, but experiments with "transparent" hives proved them wrong.

The architects study the space beforehand and start building the beehives from a different point each time, not necessarily from the top, in order to take advantage of gravity.

For example, when the upper part of the hive was made of plexiglass (for the purposes of the experiment), a material that was unsuitable due to its slipperiness, rather than a wooden surface, they began building the honeycomb from the bottom up!

They know.