Page 57 - The Qur'an Leads the Way to Science

Religion Helps Science T o Be Rightly Guided

The behavioral patterns of honeybees are so complex that
scientists have been discovering the purposes of that behavior only
recently.

By very intricate calculation, it was determined by the mathematician
Konig, that the optimum angles for such a purpose should be 109.26 and
70.34). Scientists working on the subject came to the conclusion that
honeybees were at fault by this minute fraction. The Scottish
mathematician Colin Maclaurin (1698-1746), not satisfied with this
explanation, applied himself to a fresh and careful investigation of the
question. He showed that, owing to a slight misprint in the logarithmic
tables, the result previously obtained was errant to the exact amount of
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two minutes of a degree. So, it was revealed that bees had calculated the
optimum angle correctly, and not the scientists!
A person who is aware that God created all living things in a perfect
form never supposes that there is an aberration in the design of an object
of nature. He knows that every detail is created by God for a specific
purpose.
Another misconception, adhered to by scientists who do not believe in
the flawless creation of God, has again to do with honeybees. The 12
October 1996 issue of New Scientist contains a piece by Ben Crystall, where
he maintains that honeybees beat their wings excessively, and therefore,
their flight is inefficient. According to this article, honeybees beat their
wings sometimes rapidly and sometimes slowly, yet fly at the same speed,

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