Surah an-Nahl, 68
The Angles in Honeycombs
Working as a team, honey bees build hexagonal cells in their hives and fill the cells with honey under the leadership of the Queen Bee.
وَأَوْحَىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى ٱلنَّحْلِ أَنِ ٱتَّخِذِى مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًۭا وَمِنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعْرِشُونَ ٦٨ ثُمَّ كُلِى مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ فَٱسْلُكِى سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلًۭا ۚ يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بُطُونِهَا شَرَابٌۭ مُّخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَٰنُهُۥ فِيهِ شِفَآءٌۭ لِّلنَّاسِ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ لِّقَوْمٍۢ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ٦٩
Your Lord revealed to the bees: 'Build dwellings in the mountains and the trees, and also in the structures which men erect. Then eat from every kind of fruit and travel the paths of your Lord, which have been made easy for you to follow.' From inside them comes a drink of varying colours, containing healing for mankind.There is certainly a Sign in that for people who reflect.
Working as a team, honey bees build hexagonal cells in their hives and fill the cells with honey under the leadership of the Queen Bee. Mathematicians have concluded that the hexagon is the most perfect and effificient shape these bees could have “chosen” for their special work. For example, if the cells in the combs were pentagonal or octagonal, then their edges would not weld together perfectly. Consequently, many parts of the comb would therefore remain used and the honey project could be deemed to be inherently inefficient. But through Allah’s Inspiration, bees store the greatest possible amount of honey by building their combs in the form of hexagons.
◉ These are the only verses of the Qur'an that mention bees, honey and honeycombs. The abjad value of these verses is 720. (By minor abjad calculation)
◉ The total internal angles of the comb add up to 720 degrees.
◉ Every cell in the comb is a hexagon. Each internal angle in the cell is 120 degrees.
◉ The number of clause (clauses) in Surat an-Nahl until this matter is discussed is 120.
