TIL: honeycombs start out circular, and the surface tension of the beeswax pulls them into hexagons as it solidifies, because it is the most energetically favorable conformation. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Submitted by craigdahlke t3_127s897 on March 31, 2023 at 5:14 PM in todayilearned 33 comments 2,959
Art0fRuinN23 t1_jegd1ku wrote on March 31, 2023 at 8:32 PM Reply to comment by ferriswheel9ndam9 in TIL: honeycombs start out circular, and the surface tension of the beeswax pulls them into hexagons as it solidifies, because it is the most energetically favorable conformation. by craigdahlke Grey approves. Permalink Parent 29
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