In 1984, NASA sent thousands of honeybees into space to build a honeycomb without gravity, and the tiny colony eventually created 31 square inches of comb |
[ad_1] A small box of honeybees once became an unusual passenger aboard the space shuttle Discovery. In 1984, Nasa sent thousands of honeybees into orbit to see how they would behave when gravity was no longer guiding their movements. The experiment was less about honey and more about a basic piece of bee life: building…