Page 148 - The Miracle of the Honeybee

THE PERFECT MEASUREMENTS IN THE COMB

The picture above shows a comb made by honeybees out of
perfectly hexagonal cells. The illustrations on the next page are
three-dimensional computer images of honeycombs. In order to
obtain the images of the comb, an expert in the field employed
computer programs capable of producing drawings by calculat-
ing the various angles. However, bees use no such equipment
in making their equally perfect combs. The importance of their
success becomes more apparent when we compare the picture
and the drawings of the combs. How is it that bees have been
able to construct combs of this same perfection for millions of
years? Bees have no ability to calculate angles; neither have
they any knowledge of geometrical shapes. It is God, Who cre-
ated the entire universe, Who inspires in bees the knowledge
and ability with which they can build their combs.