Genesis 1:24 “God said, ‘Let the land produce living creatures… that move along the ground.”

Right now, there is intense competition that goes on at hummingbird feeders. Filled with sugar water, they attract honeybees. Unlike wasps, that will chase you down if you mess with them, honeybees stay focused on their mission – energy storage to build their hive. But we can learn much from honeybees, and the world of Science and Engineering has done just this by studying how they build their hives.

The honeybee hive, a marvel of Mathematics and Design Engineering, reveals God as life’s Intelligent Designer. Honeybees have 3 requirements they must meet, or their babies will not survive:

1) The hive’s geometry must provide the most area to raise their young (comfortable space for the baby),

2) The hive’s geometry must require the least amount of wax to create (no wasted energy by the builders),

3) The hive’s geometry must provide the most structural strength to the overall hive (so it will not collapse under its weight, be destroyed in a storm, or be damaged beyond repair by predators).

What is the right geometric shape for a hive? A circle has wasted space between them. A rectangle is not strong enough. A triangle does not have enough space for the babies. But the hexagon is perfect.

A hexagon wastes no space when assembled into a hive (least amount of wax needed), provides the most area (more space for babies), and provides most strength for the assembled hive (greatest protection).

Using hexagons is all about mathematics. But these are just dumb bees, right? How did they know to always build with the hexagon? What is the most reasonable explanation for honeybee hexagonal hives?

Option 1 = BOTTOM-UP “design” (random, small incremental changes to components making up the whole hive assembly over billions of years that ended with an optimal hive assembly)

Option 2 = TOP-DOWN design (start with the hive assembly requirements and flow down to the component requirements – individual hexagon cell shape, wax volume, number workers needed for labor)

We know all systems are designed TOP-DOWN, starting with assembly requirements. No engineer designs from the bottom up. The best explanation for honeybee hives is Intelligent Design – the God of the Bible.
“The Evidence of Faith’s Substance” _ Article #563