Hive five

Hive five
x = 12, y = 5, rule = B3/S23 o3bo$bobobo$o2bobo3b2o$4bo3bo2bo$9b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ HEIGHT 500 THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 33 LOOP 40 GPS 8 ]]
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Pattern type	Miscellaneous
Number of cells	15
Bounding box	12 × 5
Static symmetry	Unspecified
Discovered by	Paul Callahan
Year of discovery	1998
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B3/S23 – B378/S023 # of rules 23 = 8 Isotropic rules B3cijnq/S2-cn3n – B34ceq5en6cen78/S234cektyz5ekry6ei7e
Pattern files RLE hivefive.rle

Hive five is a reaction where an instant V spark hits a pair of beehives, which reform transparently. Paul Callahan originally discovered the reaction on December 24, 1998.

Periods with known compatible sparkers are 32, 41, 46, 64, 72, 73, 84, 126.

x = 35, y = 14, rule = B3/S23 20bo$10b3o7bo2bo3bo$10bobo11bobobo$10bo7bo4bo2bobo3b2o$27bo3bo2bo$7b2o 9bo3bo9b2o$7b2o12b2o4$bo2b2o15b4o$o3b2o2b2o10bo7b2o$o7b2o10bo3b2o2b2o$ b4o16bo2b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 ZOOM 12 Y -2 GPS 12 AUTOSTART ]]

An example of hive five working with two blockers hassling R-pentomino (click above to open LifeViewer)