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'''Worker bee''' (or '''lonely bee'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://codercontest.com/mniemiec/objname.htm#L|title=Life Objects Sorted by Name (L)|author=Mark D. Niemiec|accessdate=May 1, 2009}}</ref>) is a {{period|9}} [[oscillator]] and was found by [[David Buckingham]] in {{year|1972}}.<ref>{{CiteHickersonOscillators|accessdate=March 14, 2020}}</ref> It consists of four [[eater 1]]s [[hassle|hassling]] a row of 6 live cells, which by itself is a dying [[spark]] that a lone [[table]] also converges to.  
'''Worker bee''' (or '''lonely bee'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://codercontest.com/mniemiec/objname.htm#L|title=Life Objects Sorted by Name (L)|author=Mark D. Niemiec|accessdate=May 1, 2009}}</ref>) is a {{period|9}} [[oscillator]] and was found by [[David Buckingham]] in {{year|1972}}.<ref>{{CiteLifeline|vol=6|pages=page 3}}</ref><ref>{{CiteHickersonOscillators|accessdate=March 14, 2020}}</ref> It consists of four [[eater 1]]s [[hassle|hassling]] a row of 6 live cells, which by itself is a dying [[spark]] that a lone [[table]] also converges to.  


Similar to the [[snacker]], the worker bee is extensible - it is, in fact, a finite version of the infinite [[one-cell-thick pattern|one-cell-thick]] oscillator consisting of alternating groups of six ON cells and two OFF cells.  
Similar to the [[snacker]], the worker bee is extensible - it is, in fact, a finite version of the infinite [[one-cell-thick pattern|one-cell-thick]] oscillator consisting of alternating groups of six ON cells and two OFF cells.  

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Worker bee
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Pattern type Oscillator
Number of cells 34
Bounding box 16 × 11
Period 9 (mod: 9)
Heat 15.6
Volatility 0.66 | 0.66
Kinetic symmetry Unspecified
Discovered by David Buckingham
Year of discovery 1972

Worker bee (or lonely bee[1]) is a period-9 oscillator and was found by David Buckingham in 1972.[2][3] It consists of four eater 1s hassling a row of 6 live cells, which by itself is a dying spark that a lone table also converges to.

Similar to the snacker, the worker bee is extensible - it is, in fact, a finite version of the infinite one-cell-thick oscillator consisting of alternating groups of six ON cells and two OFF cells.

This oscillator first appeared semi-naturally in April 2015, in a symmetric soup submitted to Catagolue by Dave Greene.[4]

In other rules

In other Life-like rules with transition S8, for instance EightLife, the core of worker bee evolves into a honeycomb, making the still life more common than that in regular Life.

By removing the isotropic non-totalistic transition B3r, the worker bee needs no external support. A row of 6 cells becomes a small period-9 pipsquirter.

x = 6, y = 1, rule = B3-r/S23 6o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBNAIL THUMBSIZE 4 AUTOSTART GPS 3 LOOP 9 ]]
The worker bee in B3-r/S23

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See also

References

  1. ↑ Mark D. Niemiec. "Life Objects Sorted by Name (L)". Retrieved on May 1, 2009.
  2. ↑ Robert Wainwright (October 1972). Lifeline, vol 6, page 3.
  3. ↑ Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on March 14, 2020.
  4. ↑ Dave Greene (April 23, 2015). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
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