Eli5 why do bees create hexagonal honeycombs?

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Why not square, triangle or circle?

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Hexagon is bestagon.

Cgp grey from YouTube goes over the massive advantages of hexagons, but in short:

*Infinitely repeating pattern

*Most surface area for least material

* Made of triangles, which makes it awesome.

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