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The mathematics of honeycomb

Nature is amazing. Things are always arranged in elegant patterns. Actually, we can often use mathematical concepts to analyse these patterns. 
Many animals and even plants in nature are mathematicians. In this article, we will concentrate on beestheir honeycombs are great works of maths. Everyone knows that honeycomb consists of hexagons. But why? The most important reason is that hexagon is one of the few types of regular polygons that can cover up a space completely without coinciding. If a regular polygon is to fulfil the above requirement, the sum of certain number of its interior angles must be equal to $2π$.
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