Hexagonal tiling honeycomb The half-symmetry construction alternate two types of tetrahedra. The truncated hexagonal tiling honeycomb, t{6,3,3}, has tetrahedral and truncated hexagonal tiling facets, with a tetrahedral vertex figure. It is similar to the 2D hyperbolic truncated order-3 apeirogonal tiling, t{∞,3} with apeirogonal and triangle faces: The bitruncated hexagonal tiling honeycomb or bitruncated order-6 tetrahedral honeycomb, t{6,3,3}, has truncated tetrahedra and hexagonal tiling cells, with a tetrahedral vertex figure. The cantellated hexagonal tiling honeycomb, t{6,3,3}, has octahedral and rhombitrihexagonal tiling cells, with a triangular prism vertex figure. The cantitruncated hexagonal tiling honeycomb, t{6,3,3}, has truncated tetrahedron and truncated trihexagonal tiling cells, with a
Wax foundation Wax foundation Wax foundation or honeycomb base is a plate made of wax with the base of the honeycomb. It is used in beekeeping to give the bees a foundation on which they can build the honeycomb. Wax foundation is considered one of the most important inventions in modern beekeeping. Wax foundation was invented by German Johannes Mehring in 1857, a few years after Langstroth designed and patented the Langstroth hive on October 5, 1852. Mehring's wax foundation had only the bottom of the cells, and today's base with the foundation of the cells was invented by US beekeeper Samuel