Polygons Forums Main Page › Forums Main Page › Geometry › Polygons This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 11 years, 9 months ago by Anonymous. Viewing 1 reply thread Author Posts August 20, 2012 at 1:57 pm #128 AnonymousInactive What are some creative ways of teaching/explaining this? March 11, 2013 at 2:35 pm #534 AnonymousInactive On the bees’ hexagonal honeycomb: “Bees…by virtue of a certain geometrical forethought…know that the hexagon is greater than the square and the triangle and will hold more honey for the same expenditure of material.” -Pappus of Alexandria http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeycomb#Honeycomb_geometry Author Posts Viewing 1 reply thread You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In