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
popkornking t1_jegxs64 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 11:00 PM Reply to comment by fizzlefist 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 WOOOOOOOOO Permalink Parent 12
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