A beehive is a structure either made by humans or bees in which bees live.
Beehive isn’t only a home for bees, but also a working and storage space. Its internal structure is a densely packed group of hexagonal cells made of beeswax, called a honeycomb. The bees use the cells for honey production, to store supplies (honey and pollen) and to house the brood (eggs, larvae, and pupae). Beehives is an example of natural tessellations pattern, because it is composed of pattern formed by repeating hexagon cells. Bees make hexagons in their hives because hexagon which is a six-sided shape that fits together perfectly and would not leave any gap or space which is helpful because it can hold the queen bee’s eggs and store the pollen and honey the worker bees bring to the hive. I would connect beehive to mathematics simply because of its structure. In geometry, which is a branch of mathematics that deals with shape, size, relative position of figures, and the properties of space, a hexagon can be defined as a polygon with six sides. And there is also mathematics behind the reason of why bees use hexagon shape in their hives. It is because the geometry of the shape, hexagon, that uses the least amount of material to hold the most weight. The structure of the beehive is important to hold all the weight and protect the honey and brood, especially during winter. References: Vocabulary.com. Behive. Retrieved August 19, 2019, from https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/beehive Defnitions. Behive. Retrieved August 19, 2019, from https://www.definitions.net/definition/beehive Encyclopedia Britanica. Geometry. Retrieved August 19, 2019 from https://www.britannica.com/science/geometry