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HONEYCOMBS (How are the cells built? (Hot wax placed in circles collapses…
HONEYCOMBS
How are the cells built?
Hot wax placed in circles collapses upon itself and forms hexagons
Bees somehow know how to build a hexagon out of instinct
What are they made of?
A secreted substance derived from honey
Made by worker bees
What are they?
Cluster of hexagonal cells
Why hexagonal?
Wax saving
Simple
Durable
Strong
How are honeycombs organized
Social Hierarchy
Workers
It is the biggest group of bees, they are in charge of building, mantaining and protecting the comb. They are in charge too of the creation of honey, royal jelly, and taking care of the larvae.
Drones
They are almost kind of useless, except for helping the queen to fertilize the eggs that the queen lays.
The queen
Is the "leader of the comb", they never leave it and continously lay eggs in the hexagons made by the workers.