Wednesday, March 16, 2011

BEEHIVES

















The
central feature of the bee hive is the honeycomb. This marvel of insect engineering consists of flat vertical panels of six-sided cells made of beeswax. Beeswax is produced from glands on the underside of the abdomens of worker bees when they are between 12 and 15 days old. House bees take the beeswax and form it with their mouths into the honeycomb. The cells within the comb are used to raise young and to store honey and pollen.

The comb is two-sided, with cells on both sides. As you can see, the cells are perfectly uniform in shape. Not only that, but the combs are built a precise distance apart depending on whether they are meant to contain food or young bees.



http://www.gpnc.org/honeybee.htm
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/documents/483_01.pdf

MY THEME

I chose the Bee Hive to be my theme for this assignment because I liked the way the hexagons
are joined together and formed that type of surface.
And thought that I can create something different if I used that as a wave or mesh to stretch, pull and place the shapes in different formation.