Hornet Hexagonal Nest!
Check out the hornet's nest below the huge leaf of a plant. The hornets use the mud and saliva to ensure that the concrete is ready for building the structures in which their babies will develop.
These nest are stuck with the leaf at a very narrow point. These then balloon out like umbrellas and have many hexagonal chambers, possibly one chamber for each of the hornet larva. Since the hexagon is one of the stablest and optimal shape when it comes to tiling multiple entities, the bees and hornets make use of hexagonal shape to construct their nests. Both the hornet parents work hard day-in and day-out to construct the nest.
There are instances where a colony of hornets construct a huge apartment-like structure and share the duty of safeguarding the community nest.
Here, both parents were checking out the intruder (me and my camera) and once they were comfortable, they went about doing their construction duty.
Hornet Hexagonal Nest!
Check out the hornet's nest below the huge leaf of a plant. The hornets use the mud and saliva to ensure that the concrete is ready for building the structures in which their babies will develop.
These nest are stuck with the leaf at a very narrow point. These then balloon out like umbrellas and have many hexagonal chambers, possibly one chamber for each of the hornet larva. Since the hexagon is one of the stablest and optimal shape when it comes to tiling multiple entities, the bees and hornets make use of hexagonal shape to construct their nests. Both the hornet parents work hard day-in and day-out to construct the nest.
There are instances where a colony of hornets construct a huge apartment-like structure and share the duty of safeguarding the community nest.
Here, both parents were checking out the intruder (me and my camera) and once they were comfortable, they went about doing their construction duty.