A photo that’s been shared around 50,000 times on Facebook claims to show a heart-shaped honeycomb pattern which has been made by bees, after their keeper forgot to put frames into their hive. Not all ...

It is definitely rooted in biology. However, the bee honeycomb is a very interesting solution for a complex engineering problem. First, producing the wax is a very expensive process for the bees. They ...

She dabs wax, honey, propolis, or honeycomb patterns to encourage bees to build on certain parts of an object before placing it into a beehive specially designed for this purpose.

The wax sheets used to make the hive were embossed with a honeycomb pattern to help the bees on their way. Libertiny calls the process "slow prototyping" - it took 40,000 bees a week to make the vase.

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Here's how to go about it: Use a warm (not hot) cheese or paring knife to cut the honeycomb into the desired pieces, suggests Anderson. Begin at the outer edge and cut inward, creating small squares ...