Mathematical modelling of honeycomb construction in social insects seeks to elucidate how individual workers, following simple behavioural rules, collectively generate the iconic hexagonal lattice of ...

Researchers developed lightweight solar panels inspired by nature's honeycomb structure. These new modules are significantly ...

Honeybees are nature’s tiny workers. Their fuzzy yellow and black striped bodies buzz between flowers, picking up pollen for their hives. They’re renowned for making honeycomb, a mass of hexagonal ...

From left, Francisco López Jiménez, Orit Peleg and graduate student Richard Terrile inspect the honeycomb in a bee hive. On a hot summer day in Colorado, European honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) buzz ...