Why are honeycombs always six-sided?
Bee Geometry
Why are honeycombs always six-sided?
Have you ever looked closely at a honeycomb? Every single cell is a perfect hexagon — six equal sides, six matching corners. Not squares. Not triangles. Not octagons. Always six. Why would bees, who've never taken a geometry class, build the exact same shape millions of times?
Here's what bees need: a sturdy home to store honey and raise baby bees, built from wax they make inside their own bodies. Wax is precious — a bee has to eat about eight pounds of honey to make one pound of wax. So whatever shape they choose, it better not waste a single drop.
