TED-Ed: Can you solve the honeybee riddle? | Dan Finkel

The video tutorial focuses on preventing the extinction of the honeybee species by creating sustainable beehives. It explains how to fill hexes with bees and wax, and the importance of creating multiple viable hives. The tutorial covers strategies for optimizing bee placement to achieve a chain reaction that transforms the entire hive efficiently. It also discusses the significance of perimeter calculations in the transformation process, ultimately aiming to create six productive hives with the available 60 bees.

What are the two methods mentioned for filling a hex in the hive?

• Transforming with wax-filled neighbors or using honey

• Placing a bee or using water

• Placing a bee or transforming with wax-filled neighbors

• Using wax or using honey

What is the main goal when placing bees in the hive?

• To create multiple queens

• To use as many bees as possible

• To fill the hive as quickly as possible

• To create a self-sustaining chain reaction

How many bees are needed at minimum to transform the entire hive according to the perimeter strategy?

• Eleven bees

• Nine bees

• Five bees

• Seven bees

What happens when a hex has three or more transformed neighbors?

• It remains unchanged

• It collapses

• It becomes a queen

• It transforms automatically

How many viable hives can be created with the 60 bees?

• Seven hives

• Six hives

• Four hives

• Five hives