Archive image from page 190 of Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and. Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and practical. A complete treatise on the anatomy, physiology, floral relations, and profitable management of the hive bee CUbiodiversity1154323 Year: 1886 ( WAX, AND BEE ARCHITECTURE. 169 always, but life so mingles and co-ordinates these that the mathematics is masked, while her purposes are secured. Notwithstanding the absence of mathematical uni- formity in comb, it is manifestly a disposition of parts of all others best calculated to afford a maximum of strength with a minimum of labour, and
Archive image from page 190 of Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and. Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and practical. A complete treatise on the anatomy, physiology, floral relations, and profitable management of the hive bee CUbiodiversity1154323 Year: 1886 ( WAX, AND BEE ARCHITECTURE. 169 always, but life so mingles and co-ordinates these that the mathematics is masked, while her purposes are secured. Notwithstanding the absence of mathematical uni- formity in comb, it is manifestly a disposition of parts of all others best calculated to afford a maximum of strength with a minimum of labour, and the greatest space for each cell, the quantity of material being considered. On a plane surface, where a number of small and similar spaces are to be divided off by partitions, the hexagonal form is the one which comprehends the largest area com- patible with the extent of the lines which inclose
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