Discussion about scientific issues as they relate to God and Christianity including archaeology, origins of life, the universe, intelligent design, evolution, etc.
This is apropos of nothing; it is just that I thought this morning I had read a mention of honeycomb in the God and Science forum but I cannot find it now so I will reference this article instead:
//www.godandscience.org/evolution/design.html wrote:
Proving the Perfection of the Honeycomb
Scientists had assumed that the hexagonal lattice of the honeycomb allows bees to store the most honey in a single layer of equal-sized cells, while using the least beeswax to separate them....
Isn't it amazing how smart bees are to have figured this out before humans?
sandy_mcd wrote:This is apropos of nothing; it is just that I thought this morning I had read a mention of honeycomb in the God and Science forum but I cannot find it now so I will reference this article instead:
Scientists had assumed that the hexagonal lattice of the honeycomb allows bees to store the most honey in a single layer of equal-sized cells, while using the least beeswax to separate them....
Isn't it amazing how smart bees are to have figured this out before humans?
BGoodForGoodSake wrote:The intricate paterns in plants and the construction of behives shows that man is not alone in creating these types of patterns. Seen in this light even the inventions of man can be seen as natural products.
It is not length of life, but depth of life. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Totally true! The forces of nature are so brilliant! Think of it, even erosion is miraculous. I mean, without erosion, we wouldn't know what our forefathers looked like!
AttentionKMartShoppers wrote:What is the bottom picture? Looks like huge pillars....
The second and third pictures are both of the Devil's Postpile, central CA. This one is the Giants Causeway, county Antrim, Ireland.
They are large masses of basalt which are believed to have cooled uniformly. As the molten rock solidified, it shrank in volume which caused the cracks which are typically hexagonal patterns.
Are you trying to say that the bees copied the designs from a few locations they saw, or are you trying to say that chemistry can be used to explain the pattern of a honeycomb...or both?
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AttentionKMartShoppers wrote:Are you trying to say that the bees copied the designs from a few locations they saw, or are you trying to say that chemistry can be used to explain the pattern of a honeycomb...or both?
When I looked up the pictures a few hours after reading a post, I couldn't remember for what thread I looked up the pictures; yet you expect me to recall after this much time why I posted them ?
I suppose the reasons were:
1) the rock formations are neat
2) patterns don't necessarily have to come from immediate design
I don't have any idea how honeybees ended up with hexagonal cells in honeycombs.
Totally true! The forces of nature are so brilliant! Think of it, even erosion is miraculous. I mean, without erosion, we wouldn't know what our forefathers looked like!
