why do honeybee hive is of hexagonal instructure?

Answer 1

probably strength of the structure - and it is easy to add on to when the queen is expanding her family - space saving

Answer 2

According to Thomas Hales of the University of Michigan, the hexagon is the most efficient method for dividing a surface into regions of equal area with the least perimeter. This allows the honeybee to create a dense comb while minimizing the lost area and material use.

UPDATE: Here is Hales' write-up. Most of the links originally indexed by the search-engines are dead:

http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/math.MG/9906042

I got past the 1st page, and had to stop. You really need to be a math person to grok it, and I'm just a shmo with a computer.

Answer 3

Three regular polygons can "tile a plane", that is fill an area with one uniform shape: the equilateral triangle, the square, and the regular hexagon. This third produces the roundest cells which are the best shape to hold larva.

Answer 4

It is the most efficient structure. If you put some triangles or diamonds together, you just get a hexagon with extra lines running through it. (which is exactly what the person above me said)

Answer 5

The hexagonal honeycomb like structures have rotational + translational symmetry. It has got very high structural strength and infact the honeycomb lattice is one of the strongest structures in nature. Therefore honeycomb have hexagonal structures.

Answer 6

The hexagonal cells are used to store honey and to incubate larvae. The remarkable geometric structure of the cells provides for maximum utilization of space. The wax honeycomb of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) is composed of two layers of hexagonal cells. Beeswax, the construction material for the wax cells, is secreted by special glands in the abdomen of worker bees. One layer of cells can be accessed from the front side, and another layer can be accessed from the back side. This ingenious construction of the two layers of cells provides for the maximum utilization of space. The cells are used to store honey and larvae. Larger cells are constructed by the worker bees to accommodate the male drones which develop from unfertilized eggs. Extra large cells are used for larvae of fertilized eggs which are fed "royal jelly." These special females develop into sexually mature queens.

Worker honey bees build elaborate wax honeycombs of hexagonal cells. The cells are used to store honey and for the developing bee larvae. Foraging bees drink flower nectar, filling their special stomachs where the nectar is converted into honey. Upon returning to the hive the sweet fluid is regurgitated into the wax cells. If the average distance traveled by a honey bee on a single nectar collecting trip is one mile, one pound of honey represents about 20,000 bee miles. The United States produces about 500 million pounds of honey per year representing 10 trillion honey bee miles. This distance is roughly equivalent to 50,000 round trips to the sun, or 20 million round trips to the moon.

Answer 7

maximum bees interior the hive are worker bees, that are constantly female. they have it exceptionally tough - they only stay for some month, won't be able to mate, could feed the queen and larvae, preserve the hive front or maybe save the hive cool by fanning their wings.

Answer 8

its 4 protecting the hive

Answer 9

1) it can be tessellated, which means there is a repeated pattern to save space
2) It aids in air ventilation
3)it is more spacious

Answer 10

because they dont no the meaning of pentagon