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That's a very good question. I'm a beekeeper but I don't know the answer to that one. Maybe Mike does.

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Q: Why do bees make honeycombs in a hexagonal shape?
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What do bees do in their hives?

They make honeycombs that's where you get honey from.


Why do bees make a hexagonal shape?

Bees make hexagonal honeycomb cells because it is the most efficient shape for storing the most honey using the least amount of wax. The hexagonal shape allows for cells to be tightly packed together, maximizing storage capacity while minimizing material usage. Additionally, the angles of the hexagon provide structural stability to the honeycomb.


Where do bees get the wax to make honeycombs?

honey trying to protect there food with the wax they make.


Why bees make hexagonel hives?

It's not the hives that are hexagonal, it's the wax cells that the bees construct within the hive and the shape makes for greater strength and efficient use of space.


What material do bees make their honeycomb out of?

They make their comb out of beeswax, which is produced from wax glands on the underside of the abdomens of young worker bees.


Why are bees hive hexaonal?

A bee hive isn't hexagonal. The cells that bees make from wax inside a bee hive are hexagonal and the bees use these cells to raise young bees and to store honey and pollen.


How do honey bees make honey combs?

Honey bees create honeycombs by secreting beeswax from glands on their abdomen. They then mold the beeswax into the hexagonal cells of the comb using their mouths and legs. The comb serves as a storage unit for honey, pollen, and eggs within the hive.


Is beeswax honey?

No, beeswax is extruded from wax glands on the underside of the abdomen of worker bees as thin plates of wax. These are manipulated by the bees' manidbles to shape them and put them where the bee wants them.


Where did tesellations come from?

Regular tessellations can only be done with three shapes: squares, triangle and hexagons. Which would make bees (who make honeycombs) the first true tessellators!


What shape do bees make use to make a beehive?

The cells made by bees in a hive are all hexagons.


How do bees make bee cells?

Bees make bee cells by secreting beeswax from glands on their abdomens. They then chew and manipulate the wax using their mouths and legs to create the hexagonal shape of the cells. These cells are used to store pollen, honey, and as compartments for eggs and larvae within the hive.


How much money does it take to make 8oz of honey?

It takes no money to make honey- honey is made by bees, and bees do not use money. However, people keep bees, and harvest the honey they make- and that can cost money. However, the exact cost to produce 8 ounces of honey will depend on how large of a bee keeping operation you have, and how you are extracting honey from the honeycombs.