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‎Insects: Found the color for the beehive!

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 These are the images that construct the beehive.
-| Color?
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 | [https://forums.xkcd.com/download/file.php?id=51487&mode=view BlitzGirl's beehive]
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-! Description of images
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 ! [[Cueball]]<br>[[File:Garden Man 1a.png]]&nbsp;[https://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-man-1a.png Man 1a]<br>
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 ====Mammals====
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 ! Armadillo<br>[[File:Garden Armadillo L.png]]&nbsp;[https://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-armadillo-l.png Armadillo L]<br>
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 ====Birds====
 {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" |
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-! Description of images
+! Explanation
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 ! Flying birds<br>[[File:Garden Bird 1.png]]&nbsp;[https://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bird-1.png Bird 1]<br>
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 ====From the sea====
 {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" |
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+! Explanation
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 ! Fish <br>[[File:Garden Fish 1.png]]&nbsp;[https://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-fish-1.png Fish 1]<br>
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 ====Reptiles====
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-! Description of images
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 ! Snake<br>[[File:Garden Snake 1.png]]&nbsp;[https://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-snake-1.png Snake 1]<br>
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 ====Insects====
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-! Description of images
+! Explanation
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 ! Bees<br>[[File:Garden Bee 1.png]]&nbsp;[https://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bee-1.png Bee 1]<br>
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 ====Trees====
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-! Description of images
+! Explanation
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 ! Tall trunks<br>[[File:Garden Tall trunk 1.png|500x130px]]&nbsp;[https://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-talltrunk-1.png Tall trunk 1]<br>
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 ====Flowers====
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-! Description of images
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 ! Blooms<br>[[File:Garden Flower bloom 1.png]]&nbsp;[https://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-bloom1.png Flower bloom 1]<br>
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 ====Other plants====
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-! Description of images
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 ! Cactus <br>[[File:Garden Cactus 1.png]]&nbsp;[https://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cactus-1.png Cactus 1]<br>
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 ===Platforms===
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 ! Tree platform<br>[[File:Garden Left platform.png]]&nbsp;[https://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-left-platform.png Left platform]<br>[[File:Garden Right platform.png]]&nbsp;[https://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-right-platform.png Right platform]
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 ===Other items===
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-! Description of images
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 ! Balloon<br>[[File:Garden Balloon.png]]&nbsp;[https://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-balloon.png Balloon]<br>
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 ===Helper structures===
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 ! Bird riser<br>[[File:Garden Bird riser.png]],&nbsp;[[File:Garden Bird riser with background.png]]&nbsp;[https://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bird-riser.png Bird riser], and with background<br>

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 On top of all this, several known characters may appear in different poses including [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] (for instance with a sword, see [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/6/6b/1663_garden_Megan_with_sword%2C_trees_octopuses_with_Cueball_bunny_ducklings.png here]), [[Ponytail]] (see [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/e/eb/1663_garden_Ponytail_and_two_Cueballs_cat_pillar_and_trunk_sE.png here]) and [[Beret Guy]] from the torso and up (see [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/9/9b/1663_garden_Three_colors_more_separate_Beret_Guy_in_shrubbery_and_Octopus_on_office_desk.png here]). Megan and also Cueball can both be seen [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/0/06/1663_garden_Giant_planter_on_pillars_and_both_Cueball_and_Megan_with_black_hat.png with a black hat], but it is one that "grows" on top of their heads after they first appear. However, Cueball with a black hat automatically turns into [[Black Hat]], so he can also be said to be in this comic. There is also an unknown character, a [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/0/0c/1663_garden_One_color_Between_Light_yellow_and_yellow_First_thing_stilts.png girl on stilts] with black hair in a ponytail who like plants and balloons [https://xkcd.com/1663/#e774b4b8-fcd4-11e5-8001-42010a8e0017 sways in the wind]. A possible origin of this girl could be the What If article [https://whatif.xkcd.com/97/ Burning Pollen]. The article involves a character with seasonal allergies that is trying unsuccessfully to avoid their allergen (pollen) with giant stilts.
-All the [[#Items in the garden|items that can appear]] in the garden are listed below in several tables. During the first week new items kept appearing, but after the eighth day (April 12th), no new items have appeared. Also the growth rate (and thus the fun of this comic) has decreased with time (maybe due to the enormous number of gardens that the server has to keep track of?) .
+All the [[#Garden items|items that can appear]] in the garden are listed below in several tables. During the first week new items kept appearing, but after the eighth day (April 12th), no new items have appeared. Also the growth rate (and thus the fun of this comic) has decreased with time (maybe due to the enormous number of gardens that the server has to keep track of?) .
 Every so often the image will refresh. You can change the number of lamps, their position, direction, beam width and the color temperature which always begins somewhere between white and yellow but can change all the way from red to blue (See this [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/b/b8/Garden_Three_Lamp_screen_shot.png example] with one lamp selected and three colors of light). Other colors than those four may appear where two lamps' cones of different colored light overlap.
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 Since this comic is so complicated, extra pages have been created to include much more information than is wished for on this main page (which is already of considerable size). These pages are listed here for convenience, but they are also linked in the relevant sections below:
-*'''[[1663: Garden/Images]]'''. The images of items that can appear in the comic. This page is linked in the section [[#Items in the garden|Items in the garden]].
+*'''[[1663: Garden/Images]]'''. The images of items that can appear in the comic. This page is linked in the section [[#Garden items|Items in the garden]].
 *'''[[1663: Garden/Screen-shots]]'''. Since there are no permalink, then in order to save a particular moment of a garden a screen shot is needed. These can be posted here. This page is linked in the section [[#Saving your garden|Saving your garden]].
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 However, it also seems to change what might appear, so that the result of a particular color will change dramatically, not only by adding new, but also by not growing what used to be. A clear example of this is that for the first half week pure blue light resulted in lots of octopuses all along the ground and also Cueballs cheeking for rain. Later, columns appeared, but after a week the growth rate under blue light almost stopped, and it seems that octopuses now only grow over the pond to the left, and much less Cueball and no columns under that color. See more details about it in [[1663:_Garden/Screen-shots#Growth_speed_vs_blue_light|Growth speed vs blue light]].
-Grown items may be highlighted by clicking on them. Selected grown items will be highlighted with a red circle, and appear slightly lighter then other items. Grown items may be "pruned" by the red X icon along the right of the window, or pressing the Delete key on the keyboard. Some items (such as the large tree) can be deleted in minor parts by selecting a branch or smaller set of leaves without deleting the entire tree. See the images (with links to xkcd) of all 250 items that can appear, here below in the [[#Items_in_the_garden|tables]].
+Grown items may be highlighted by clicking on them. Selected grown items will be highlighted with a red circle, and appear slightly lighter then other items. Grown items may be "pruned" by the red X icon along the right of the window, or pressing the Delete key on the keyboard. Some items (such as the large tree) can be deleted in minor parts by selecting a branch or smaller set of leaves without deleting the entire tree. See the images (with links to xkcd) of all 250 items that can appear, in the [[#Garden items|list of garden items]].
 The beam produced by each lamp is normally restricted to spread between 0&deg; (which results in no growth) and 95&deg;. The "create new light" button chooses a random angle between 45&deg; and 90&deg;. Attempting to view several gardens simultaneously may cause some to hang on the "loading" image, likely due to the server refusing additional connections. The maximum number which can load successfully is usually six, but may be as low as three.
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 *Although there are six bee images, they have not been reported in any gardens. For example, here's the first bee image: [[File:Garden_Bee_1.png]]
-==Items in the garden==
+==Garden items==
 [[File:1663 garden Numbered color scale 1-17.png|right]]
 The tables below display all the known images of items that may grow or appear in the garden. To view all the images without the table, see [[1663: Garden/Images|Images of items]]. The tables are sorted based on type like characters, animals (by type), plants (by type), platforms, others, and helper structures. For each item, the color under which it may grow is noted, especially if it can grow under just one color or if it needs more than one color to survive. For colors reference, see the numbers in the image below.

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 ==Trivia==
 ===April Fools' Day comics<span id="Monday 4th of April release"></span>===
-As the [[Header text#2016-04-01_-_April_1st_comic_-_technical_difficulties|header text for this comic]] pointed out, it was supposed to be released on Friday 1st and be an [[April Fools' Day comics|April Fools' Day comic]]. This comic did actually come out on Sunday night, as promised in the third message about release, but it was initially [[#Bugs|riddled with issues]]. It's also regarded as the Friday comic, even in the last update before the release, which was two days after April 1st. This was a very complex comic to create, and it's likely that Randall had problems while making it. On the second day, several bugs were fixed over time, but many minor issues were still present.
+As the [[Header text#2016-04-01_-_April_1st_comic_-_technical_difficulties|header text for this comic]] pointed out, it was supposed to be released on Friday 1st and be an [[April Fools' Day comics|April Fools' Day comic]]. This comic did actually come out on Sunday night, as promised in the third message about release, but it was initially [[#Bugs and hacks|riddled with issues]]. It's also regarded as the Friday comic, even in the last update before the release, which was two days after April 1st. This was a very complex comic to create, and it's likely that Randall had problems while making it. On the second day, several bugs were fixed over time, but many minor issues were still present.
 There are several reasons to believe that Randall would have preferred the comic to get out on Friday April 1st. Apart from it being a time-consuming comic that in itself is April Fools' Day comics material, then by getting it out Friday this special comic, which he obviously has spent a lot of time to prepare, would have had one more day as the first comic. Also, getting it out before a weekend would have let many more users spend time looking at their garden. Now many would not spend enough time to appreciate the comic, as it came out right when the new work week began. This is a very complicated comic that just to get to understand how to really use it could take a days' time, as the whole [[#Functionality|functionality]] of the comic is much more complex than similar comics, such as [[1608: Hoverboard]]. Additionally, before the following weekend, two more comics were released, taking some of the focus away from this one. Of course, diehard [[xkcd]] fans won't easily forget this one, but many fans may only come by in the weekend and miss this comic.

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 *The color emitted by the lamp can be changed by clicking the lamp to reveal the colored control dot, and by rotating the dot around the lamp. The small color control circle changes color to match the color of the lamps beam of light. new lights default to a center position, emitting a pale green. rotating the control right changes the color to yellow, orange, and finally red, and rotating the control left changes the color to white, then blue.
-[[#Debug mode|The debugger]] reveals that each light has a "temp" property, which ranges from 0 (red) to 1 (blue). The default setting is 0.5 (light yellow). The RGB color corresponding to "temp" is determined by this function in linden.js:
+[[#Bugs and hacks|The debugger]] reveals that each light has a "temp" property, which ranges from 0 (red) to 1 (blue). The default setting is 0.5 (light yellow). The RGB color corresponding to "temp" is determined by this function in linden.js:
 ::<tt>function u(t){return.32>t?[1,.5+.5*t/.32,.5]:.64>t?[1,1,.5+.5*(t-.32)/.32]:[.75+.25*(1-t)/.36,.75+.25*(1-t)/.36,1]}</tt>
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 The beam produced by each lamp is normally restricted to spread between 0&deg; (which results in no growth) and 95&deg;. The "create new light" button chooses a random angle between 45&deg; and 90&deg;. Attempting to view several gardens simultaneously may cause some to hang on the "loading" image, likely due to the server refusing additional connections. The maximum number which can load successfully is usually six, but may be as low as three.
-===Debug mode===
+===Bugs and hacks===
 {{incomplete|Anyone who can explain what the debug mode is, how it works, why it is there and why there is difference between the linden and the normal xkcd? Also, explain it in simpler terms.}}
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 *The [https://linden.xkcd.com/?debug#98dc3452-fcf2-11e5-8010-42010a8e0008 Linden debug mode] can be used to find the names of the [[1663:_Garden/Images#Images|images of each item]] in a garden. See this section on [[1663:_Garden/Images#How_to_find_new_links|how to find new links]].
-===Bugs===
+There have also been several bugs on and after the first day. Some of the problems listed here have now been fixed.
 *The comic may not run on some tablets or smart phones (i.e. touch-screen only devices).
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 *For a few hours after the comic's release, the loading didn't stop for some people. This made many of the people affected think the rotating tree was the whole joke, with them being expected to "relax" while looking at it.
-*Occasionally, invisible objects are added. They can be deleted, and they have bounding boxes in the [[#Debug mode|debugger]]:  [https://linden.xkcd.com/?debug#d12a0932-faaa-11e5-8012-42010a8e0006 Example].
+*Occasionally, invisible objects are added. They can be deleted, and they have bounding boxes in the [[#Bugs and hacks|debugger]]:  [https://linden.xkcd.com/?debug#d12a0932-faaa-11e5-8012-42010a8e0006 Example].
 *The comic appears to have a memory leak at least in some Windows/Firefox versions, as keeping the page open for a long time will cause Windows to kill Firefox for insufficient memory. On the forum, [https://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=114415&start=320#p3951923 Weeks tried to summon davean].
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 [[File:Garden Bird riser root.png]]&nbsp;[[File:Garden Bird riser root with frame.png]][https://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-bird-riser-root.png Bird riser root], and with frame<br>
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-These are the images of the bird riser and its root. They only seem to appear in the orange color range. The riser is invisible (white) and would have to have a background to be seen (both versions are shown to the left). This will never be the case in the garden as the raiser does not show up in front of other black items. However, the risers can be seen using the [[#Debug_mode|debug mode]], and this is used as the example to the right.
+These are the images of the bird riser and its root. They only seem to appear in the orange color range. The riser is invisible (white) and would have to have a background to be seen (both versions are shown to the left). This will never be the case in the garden as the raiser does not show up in front of other black items. However, the risers can be seen using the [[#Bugs and hacks|debug mode]], and this is used as the example to the right.
 Also using the debug mode on this [https://www.xkcd.com/1663/#1e853af8-055f-11e6-8001-42010a8e000f garden] the [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/e/e0/1663_garden_Color_13_2_5d_debug_with_count.png number of items can be counted] as shown in the link.  From this link it is clear that there are three bird risers attached to two of the seven bird riser roots. Here, only single bird risers are displayed, but they can be connected see below.