Icosahedral honeycomb figure. The bitruncated icosahedral honeycomb, t{3,5,3}, , has truncated dodecahedron cells with a disphenoid vertex figure. The cantellated icosahedral honeycomb, t{3,5,3}, , has rhombicosidodecahedron and icosidodecahedron cells, with a triangular prism vertex figure. The cantitruncated icosahedral honeycomb, t{3,5,3}, , has truncated icosidodecahedron, icosidodecahedron, triangular prism and hexagonal prism cells, with a mirrored sphenoid vertex figure. The runcinated icosahedral honeycomb, t{3,5,3}, , has icosahedron and triangular prism cells, with a pentagonal antiprism vertex figure. The runcitruncated icosahedral honeycomb, t{3,5,3}, , has truncated icosahedron, rhombicosidodecahedron, hexagonal prism and triangular prism cells, with a square pyramid vertex figure. The omnitruncated icosahedral honeycomb, t{3,5,3},
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