2006-10-17 20:41:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
It is almost the most efficient use of building material. Some scientists came up with a marginally better design...Very marginal
How...Somehow it's built into the bees genetically.
2006-10-17 20:50:58 · answer #1 · answered by feanor 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
hexagonal is the most efficient of the ways to "pave" the plane using simple geometrical shapes, and the one offering a shape closest to the shape of a larva, which is basically round when seen "standing up".
it is also the way that uses the least material as each cells shares each of its walls with another cell.
even if you started out with bees trying anything (as you could, say, simulated in a computer program), after not many generations the bees using the most efficient lay-out, hexagonal cells, would do better - they'd be spending less time building, less time collecting wax, etc.
so these more successful bees would develop more, and ultimately dominate the ecological niche.
which is exactly what happened, by the way.
2006-10-17 21:21:12 · answer #2 · answered by AntoineBachmann 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Its a natural instinct....... its god gift to given them,,,,,,
many of the animals are good architectures,,,,
many of the birds make their nest so beautifully,,,,,, which cannot be prepared by even humans,,,,
2006-10-19 23:45:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cool huh?
2006-10-17 20:43:13 · answer #4 · answered by Kit 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
those little buggers are marvelous architects, aren't they
2006-10-17 20:48:22 · answer #5 · answered by acid tongue 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Therein lies the beauty of God. :-)
2006-10-17 20:43:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
because that is how God intended it to b.
2006-10-18 11:49:24 · answer #7 · answered by Nora G 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋