minus-squaresourcreamkiwis@kbin.socialtoNature@kbin.social•Honey bees and social wasps reach convergent architectural solutions to nest-building problemslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThis is interesting, I always thought the hexagonal pattern was simply a result of forced circle packing. (i.e., if you squeeze a handful of straws and look at the cross section, they begin to form hexagons) linkfedilink
This is interesting, I always thought the hexagonal pattern was simply a result of forced circle packing. (i.e., if you squeeze a handful of straws and look at the cross section, they begin to form hexagons)