Why do honeybees love hexagons? - Zack Patterson and Andy Peterson
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Honeybees are some of nature’s finest mathematicians. Not only can they calculate angles and comprehend the roundness of the earth, these smart insects build and live in one of the most mathematically efficient architectural designs around: the beehive. Zack Patterson and Andy Peterson delve into the very smart geometry behind the honeybee’s home.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Zack Patterson, Andy Peterson
- Director Biljana Labović
- Animation Artist Lisa LaBracio
- Narrator Michelle Snow
Why are bee's disappearing?
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Did the creators of this video look at any real honeycomb? A beekeepers perspective:
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No mention of obtuse angles. Triangles and squares have harder to clean "corners" than a hexagon.
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The shape of the honeycomb is a material property of the wax, not a design principle of the bee.
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Video is misleading re the process - see this Nature article/research.
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The hexagon is, if fact, the shape that can tesselate with more area/volume for the less amount o...
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Modern beekeeping affecting evolution of bees?
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Have bees always designed hexagonal shapes or did they actually started with circles and optimisi...
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Exploring Patterns
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Very good, I like it.
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Incorrect narration. Not suitable for scientific way of thinking, despite the video being fun, en...
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Bee Cells are NOT perfect hexagons!
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Does all bees sting?
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why are bees dissapearing and how is it affecting people
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does all bee's know the angles
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Have bees always designed hexagonal shapes or did they actually started with circles and optimizi...
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What this guy make
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using honeys makes honeybuns
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Why does bees use hexagon
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have bees always used hexagons
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Why bees make hexagons.
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