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both during its construction and also in general terms. Even the design of
the comb’s external edges is quite amazing. Bees use hexagons for the
comb’s cover, trapezoids for the lateral walls, and equilateral rhombs for
the base. They make the comb stronger by putting the base of one cell
among the base of the three cells on the opposite side of the comb.

Bees’ Comb-Building is Incomparable
The more scientists studied the world of bees, the more it astonished
them. They were amazed by the calculations regarding such geometric
shapes as the hexagon, trapezoid and rhomb, and the way that the bees so
flawlessly completed such details as to where in the comb these are to be
found. Murray Hoyt, author of one of the most important works written
on the subject, The World of Bees, sums up the construction of the combs in
these terms:

It is completely incredible that, with thousands of bees coming up and adding
their bit of wax to the spot where the “drawing out” is going on, you don’t get
a thousand different variations of shape and thickness. You’re led to the con-
clusion that every one of these thousands of insects in her own right must be a
trained engineer.

Each bee adds only a tiny part to a given area of comb. Yet each cell ends up the
same size and shape as all the others. From the apparent disorganization and
haphazard chaos of work on the combs comes the perfection of uniformity.
When you see the work going on it even looks as if each bee constitutes herself
an inspection party of one. She looks the work over, gives it a pat here and
there and goes on about her business. With thousands of bees doing this, you
somehow get that perfect finished product. 132

The above statements are most thought-provoking. It is exceedingly
difficult for a human to draw regular geometrical shapes in the absence of
such implements as a ruler and set square. It is quite impossible to get the
120-degree internal angles of a hexagon right, as bees manage to do—in
near-total darkness.

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