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Why only hexagonal shapes in honeycomb structures?
Not really sure. It could be that the favourite shape of a honey bee is a hexagon!
Why are hexagons so common in nature?
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.
What things that are shaped like hexagons?
A candle holder can be shaped like a HexagonA stoolA pie shellyield signhoneycomb
What shape has two fewer sides than an octagon?
An octagon has 8 sides. A shape with 6 sides is a hexagon.
What has 6 side?
Simple; It's the Hexagon (Hexa=6)
