As soon as this occurred, the bees ceased to excavate, and began to build up flat walls of wax on the lines of intersection between the basins, so that each hexagonal prism was built upon the scalloped edge of a smooth basin, instead of on the straight edges of a three-sided pyramid as in the case of ordinary cells.
Hau gertatu bezain laster, erleek industeari utzi eta argizarizko horma lauak eraikitzen hasten ziren sakonuneen arteko ebakidura lerroetan; era honetan prisma hexagonal bakoitza sakonune leun baten hegal ebakiaren gainean eraikirik geratzen zen, hiru aurpegiko piramide baten hegal zuzenen gainean geratu beharrean, gelaska arruntetan gertatzen den moduan.