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Q: Why do bees use hexagons to build honeycombs?
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Why do bees build their nests using pentagons?

They do not use pentagons but hexagons. Hexagons are the most efficient division of a surface.


What structures do the honeybee use to build their homes?

Bees build their homes in honeycombs. The honeycombs are a series of hexagonal cells. See related links for a drawing showing the parts of a domestic honeybee hive.


How are hexagons used?

they are used by bees, its the only structure they use


What shape do bees make use to make a beehive?

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


Is honey bees food or poop?

Honey bees use nectar from flowers to make honey, which they store as food in their hives to feed the colony. Honey is not poop – it is a source of energy and nutrition for the bees. Honey bees also produce beeswax, which they use to build their honeycombs.


What do animals use wax for?

Animals use wax mostly to protect their skin from harmful bacteria. Honeybees also use wax to build honeycombs.


Why are hexagons used in Bees' nests?

That form is the best use of space and gives the largest number of cells for the least amount of wax.


How is honey obtained from bees?

Honey is obtained from bees by extracting it from honeycombs in beehives. Beekeepers remove the frames containing honeycomb from the hive, then use a centrifuge to spin the honey out of the comb. The honey is then filtered and stored for consumption.


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.


Can you Explain how do bees make hives so a 7 year old can understand?

Bees eat honey and sweat a wax from their body they use to build the hive.


Do bees use acholocation?

No, bees do not use echolocation.


Why is hexagon so important?

Because hexagons are very strong and sturdy. AND they tile very well! Thats why Bees use the shape, and if anything needs to be sturdy they use that shape! Of course, triangles are more sturdy. Thats why every house or bridge etc. always uses triangles!