Why do beehives look like hexagons?

Moment Of Um

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

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🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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If you’ve ever taken a close look at a beehive you can see that it is covered in tiny hexagons! But why is that? We asked bee researcher Jessica Kevill to help us find the answer. Got a Moment of Um question that’s buzzing around in your brain? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we’ll help get it all sorted out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	From the brains behind brains on, this is The Moment of Um.
0:05.5	Answering those questions that make you go...
0:08.1	Um-um-um-um-um comes to you from APM Studios.
0:25.1	I'm Mark Sanchez.
0:27.4	Um.
0:29.5	Okay, so my neighbor's a beekeeper, and she said we could peek in on the happenings in her backyard today.
0:34.4	So let's creep over and take a look.
0:42.4	Okay. in her backyard today. So let's creep over and take a look. Shh, two of the bees are talking.
0:44.7	Let's take a listen.
0:46.8	Hey, Erica, how's it going?
0:48.4	Oh, fine, Monica, you know, just doing the daily grind.
0:51.1	That honeycomb looks great.
0:52.9	Really, really nice work.
0:55.5	Oh, thanks, yeah.
0:56.3	I really like my angles today.
0:58.4	Great, sharp corners.
0:59.9	Really strong.
1:01.6	Oh, yeah, thanks.
1:02.3	That's nice.
1:02.9	That's really nice of you to say.
1:05.3	Hey, have you ever thought about making the honeycomb a triangle instead of a hexagon?
1:10.3	Um, I'm getting my master's in interior design, and I... about making the honeycomb a triangle instead of a hexagon?
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