It's one of the only shapes which tessellates perfectly (think tiles, if you tiled a wall with hexagons then there wouldn't be any gaps. Of the shapes which tessellate perfectly (triangle, square, hexagon) it has the smallest perimeter for its area i.e. a square of area 10cm^2 has a greater perimeter than that of a hexagon with an area of 10cm^2.
So, if you were a bee trying to make a honeycomb then the hexagon is best because it would use least wax to make a certain area of comb (because of the perimeter/area ratio) and also not waste any space (because it tessellates without leaving any gaps).
Hope that helps.
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Make two hexagons and connect the common points with one straight line.
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They are all plane figures bound by a polygonal path. This means that they are all polygons.
100,000,000,000 sides and 800.000.000.000 edges. Im just kidding. Think " A hexagon has 6 edges. and you want to know how many sides are there in 13 hexagons. So you do 6 times 13 witch is 78. There are 78 sides on 13 hexagons