Hexagonal tiling honeycomb tetrahedron vertex figure. The runcinated hexagonal tiling honeycomb, t{6,3,3}, has tetrahedron, rhombitrihexagonal tiling hexagonal prism, triangular prism cells, with a octahedron vertex figure. The runcitruncated hexagonal tiling honeycomb, t{6,3,3}, has cuboctahedron, Triangular prism, Dodecagonal prism, and truncated hexagonal tiling cells, with a quad-pyramid vertex figure. The runcicantellated hexagonal tiling honeycomb or runcitruncated order-6 tetrahedral honeycomb, t{6,3,3}, has truncated tetrahedron, hexagonal prism, hexagonal prism, and rhombitrihexagonal tiling cells, with a quad-pyramid vertex figure. The omnitruncated hexagonal tiling honeycomb or omnitruncated order-6 tetrahedral honeycomb, t{6,3,3}, has truncated octahedron, hexagonal prism, dodecagonal prism, and truncated trihexagonal tiling cells, with a quad-pyramid vertex figure.
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