Beehive

Beehive
x = 4, y = 3, rule = B3/S23 b2o$o2bo$b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 21 HEIGHT 400 SUPPRESS ]]
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Pattern type	Strict still life
Number of cells	6
Bounding box	4 × 3
Discovered by	John Conway
Year of discovery	1970
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B/S2 – B34678/S012345678 # of rules 213 = 8192
Glider synthesis Fewest gliders 2 Uploaded synthesis RLE beehive_synth.rle
Pattern files Plaintext beehive.cells RLE beehive.rle

Beehive is a 6-cell still life. It can be seen as a weld of two tubs.

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. The beehive is also the third most common object on Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue.

Behaviour

Beehives are frequently born in a set of four called honey farm,

It is possible to turn a single beehive 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 grandson) 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.

See also

• Beehive with tail
• Hivenudger
• Loaf
• Mango
• Pond
• Pre-beehive

External links

• Beehive at the Life Lexicon

• Beehive at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue

• The 5 six-bit still-lifes at Mark D. Niemiec's Life Page