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From: rp@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (Richard Pavelle)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: honeycombs
Keywords: why
Message-ID: <1755@xn.LL.MIT.EDU>
Date: 20 Mar 90 22:25:34 GMT
Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA
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My seven-year old asked me why bees and other insects tend to
build close-packed nests. I offered a few guesses but was not 
definitive. Can someone help me out? 

Thanks in advance. -- 
Richard Pavelle         UUCP: ...ll-xn!rp
                        ARPANET: rp@XN.LL.MIT.EDU