Symmetry in biology: A look into how bees actively organize nests in mirroring patterns

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Nov 7, 2024, 2:51 pm82 pts
Mirroring the mechanisms that make human faces and bodies—and those of many multicellular organisms—symmetrical, bee colonies build symmetrical nests when they are placed on either side of a double-sided comb. The finding, published in Current Biology, extends examples of symmetry in biology to the behavior…

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