> does the shape emerge as a property of the environment (temperature) and the chemical characteristics of wax.
Thanks for picking up the thread. I think that notion has been thoroughly debunked, since wasps follow the same sort of scheme, only using "paper" instead of wax. See:
Karsai, I. (1999). Decentralized control of construction behavior in paper wasps: an overview of the stigmergy approach. Artificial Life, 5(2), 117-136.
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