JOURNAL ARTICLE

Bees and wasps share a building tip.

  • Published In: Science News, 2023, v. 204, n. 3. P. 12 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: INCORVAIA, DARREN 3 of 3

Abstract

"We've known for a long time that the hexagonal comb bees and wasps use is the most efficient, stable shape", says Lewis Bartlett, a honeybee biologist at the University of Georgia in Athens who was not involved with the research. Both the honeybees and wasps have solved this problem by mixing in pairs of five-sided and seven-sided cells, which bridge the gap between different sizes of the six-sided hexagons. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Science News. 2023/08, Vol. 204, Issue 3, p12
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Zoology
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0036-8423
  • Accession Number:169861173
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