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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.

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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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