Five-Legged-Bee Hive

George W. Hart



This 3D-printing sculpture is based on a four-dimensional polytope called the 120-cell, consisting of 120 dodecahedra. The geometry is a bit much to explain concisely here, but I have drafted a description of the algorithm.

The idea behind the title is that if bees had five legs, maybe their homes would have five sides.



copyright 2000, George W. Hart