The Geometric Soul of Bees
by ALAIN SATABIN
As early as Antiquity, mathematicians observed that the shape of honeycomb cells in beehives optimizes the ratio between available volume and the amount of wax used. Demonstrating this, however, is another matter … one that has still not been fully resolved.
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