The Hive

Beehives are enclosed areas where a colony of bees (workers, drones and a queen) live, breed and build their honeycomb. Natural hives can be found in hollow trees while domesticated honeybees are raised in man-made structures by apiarists. Archeological records indicate civilizations over 3,000 years ago had productive honey industries. Today, hives are threatened by colony collapse; possibly due to factors such as pesticides, mites, disease and habitat loss.

Ever wonder why honey bees build their honeycomb the way they do?
It turns out that bees are clever architects and use their mathematical know-how to engineer a very functional design.
Check out the following video and see how amazing these insects are.

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