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'''Beehive''' is a [[:Category:Strict still lifes with 6 cells|6]]-[[cell]] [[still life]]. | '''Beehive''' is a [[:Category:Strict still lifes with 6 cells|6]]-[[cell]] [[still life]]. It can be seen as a weld of two [[tub]]s. | ||
Beehives are frequently born in a set of four called [[honey farm]], and a lone beehive can be turned into one by adding a corner (turning it into a [[bun]]), adding a cell to the "tip" of it (the bit with one cell, adding it to the longer end will result in a R-pentomino predecessor) or by adding one cell inside it. There are also formations of two beehives that also occur fairly commonly, evolving from [[seed]]s known as [[butterfly]] and [[teardrop]]. | Beehives are frequently born in a set of four called [[honey farm]], and a lone beehive can be turned into one by adding a corner (turning it into a [[bun]]), adding a cell to the "tip" of it (the bit with one cell, adding it to the longer end will result in a R-pentomino predecessor) or by adding one cell inside it. There are also formations of two beehives that also occur fairly commonly, evolving from [[seed]]s known as [[butterfly]] and [[teardrop]]. | ||
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| Number of cells | 6 | ||||||
| Bounding box | 4 × 3 | ||||||
| Discovered by | John Conway | ||||||
| Year of discovery | 1970 | ||||||
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Beehive is a 6-cell still life. It can be seen as a weld of two tubs.
Beehives are frequently born in a set of four called honey farm, and a lone beehive can be turned into one by adding a corner (turning it into a bun), adding a cell to the "tip" of it (the bit with one cell, adding it to the longer end will result in a R-pentomino predecessor) or by adding one cell inside it. There are also formations of two beehives that also occur fairly commonly, evolving from seeds known as butterfly and teardrop.
A beehive can be eaten with a block, a reaction that allows the construction of the queen bee shuttle and further patterns based on it.
Commonness
The beehive is the second most common still life in Achim Flammenkamp's census, being less common than block but over three times as common as loaf.[1] The beehive is also the third most common object on Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Achim Flammenkamp (September 7, 2004). "Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life". Retrieved on January 15, 2009.
- ↑ Adam P. Goucher. "Statistics". Catagolue. Retrieved on June 24, 2016.
External links
- Beehive at the Life Lexicon
- The 5 six-bit still-lifes at Mark D. Niemiec's Life Page