Eli5 why do bees create hexagonal honeycombs?

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Why not square, triangle or circle?

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It’s the simplest shape that can stack and not cascade upon itself with virtually zero negative space.

It’s not that bees design hexagons, but that they stack recesses together that naturally form hexagons.

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