In 1984, NASA sent 3,301 bees to space to see how they built honeycomb

In 1984, NASA’s Space Shuttle Discovery took thousands of honeybees into space, marking a unique experiment in microgravity. These resilient insects adapted quickly to their extraterrestrial surroundings, building about 200 centimeters of honeycomb in just seven days. Researchers studied the differences in the bees’ construction, noting significant variations in cell size and wall thickness between their cosmic creations and those made on Earth.