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Why the Hexagon?

As we have seen, honeycombs are based on calculations so delicate
that most human beings cannot manage them, and that these features
make them architectural marvels that amaze scientists.
Scientists researching the structure of the honeycomb carried out de-
tailed studies on the question of why bees did not construct them ran-
domly, or else in an octagonal, pentagonal or triangular form rather than
the hexagonal.
Karl von Frisch, author of the book Animal Architecture and one of the

WHAT DID CHARLES DARWIN SAY
ABOUT THE HONEYBEE?

of the exis-
tence of God,
Who created
the universe
Darwin was stung into si- and all life
lence by these little crea- forms flaw-
tures, asking, “What shall lessly.
we say concerning the
honeybee...?”

That bees make their cells in per-
fect hexagonal forms, sparrows
build their nests with straw
(left), beavers build dams (right), G. Mansfield, “Creation or
and rabbits dig burrows in the Change? God’s purpose with
ground, are all proofs of God’s mankind proved by the wonder
creation of separate species. of the universe,” Logos
Such animals behaviors are signs Publications