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When beekeepers remove honeycombs from the hive I've always assumed the shape was created by the forms they pull out. Now I see a natural hive and

Posted by Meg (aka Mojave) Jul 5 '23, 16:31

I'm seeing the same shaped grid.

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The hexagon is the natural shape. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 19:14
yeah, hexes are the (close to) the most efficient way to fill space. minimises wall surface area to volume and leaves no space between cells. -- nm - mafic Jul 5, 17:25 6
- You're talking about the individual cells, right? I'm referring to the vertical 'slabs' that are what are pulled out of the hive. That appears to be - Meg Jul 5, 18:01 2
  - both. the cells are the most efficient way to fill the flat structure. they build individual cells and that naturally flows out into the flat slabs. -- nm - mafic Jul 5, 18:04 1
    - Ah. This is what we're seeing. The top image was 15 days ago when the swarm flushed out the remaining fledgling. The bottom is from today. -- (pic) - Meg Jul 5, 18:09 [Attachment]
- See? See kids! This is why we teach you tessellations! -- nm - Math teacher pulling his hair out Jul 5, 17:27 2
  - I didn't have to hover to know who this was. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 19:15
  - "you need to know about Weaire-Phelan structures! this is important!" -- nm - mafic Jul 5, 17:29
relatedly -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 5, 16:35 1
- Yep, saw that. Glad there weren't that many in my bedroom wall back in the day. This is the honeycomb that came out that day. -- (link) - Meg Jul 5, 16:44 [flickr]

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