Hexagon heaven: Scientists reveal bees and wasps use the same math to build their nests Bees and wasps solve problems in the same way despite being separated by 179 million years of evolution.

The most famous packing problem concerns spheres. In 1611, the astronomer Johannes Kepler proposed that the densest way to ...

Calling all bee lovers with money to spend — Canada has a new buzzing honeycomb-shaped coin. The Royal Canadian Mint released ...

Hexagon bee designs in resin are a beautiful example of how simple shapes can be transformed into intricate, stunning artwork. This DIY project reveals the delicate balance of artistic vision and ...

Honey bees and social wasps reach convergent architectural solutions to nest-building problems. PLOS Biology , 2023; 21 (7): e3002211 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002211 Cite This Page : ...

For more than a decade, the hexagon has been the cornerstone of Chaumet’s Bee My Love collection; a natural pairing, given that a honeycomb is a mass of hexagonal cells.

Bees exercise their wings during the winter, ... It also heats up the inside of their hive, and having the cells of the hexagonal comb filled with honey helps keep that heat inside.

“Both bees and wasps build (and fix) their hexagonal cells with a collective — it’s hundreds to thousands of individuals that are participating in that building process,” Smith wrote to Salon.