White-faced hornets, like other wasps, build single horizontal paper combs. Bees, such as honeybees, build back-to-back vertical wax combs. There's one thing they both do — make hexagon cells. This ...

Find out why hexagons are the perfect shape for bee hives. Other shapes wouldn't work quite as well, but the hexagon is just right for bee hives. Have a science question of your own? Send it along to ...

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