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Why do honeybees love hexagons? - Zack Patterson and Andy Peterson

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Honeybees are some of nature’s finest mathematicians. Not only can they calculate angles and comprehend the roundness of the earth, these smart insects build and live in one of the most mathematically efficient architectural designs around: the beehive. Zack Patterson and Andy Peterson delve into the very smart geometry behind the honeybee’s home.

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No mention of obtuse angles. Triangles and squares have harder to clean "corners" than a hexagon.

Since the "honey pots" are for storage, I imagine at some point the honey is removed for bee-type uses. I am no bee expert. But when cleaning it out, the obtuse angle in the hexagon corner would be much easier to clean out than the narrowing acute corner of a triangle or even the 90 Deg. corner of a square. Honey is sticky. An obtuse angle would be much easier to scrape out.

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