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👑 Advanced Queen Marking and Wing Clipping Techniques

Interactive 3D queen bee model letting users apply the correct year color-marking code and perform a controlled wing clip, with visual feedback against best-practice guidelines.

Biology2DModerate60 FPS

A close-up 3D model of a queen bee for practicing the international colour-marking code and controlled forewing clipping, with live feedback on placement and guideline compliance.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

The five-colour, five-year marking cycle used by beekeepers worldwide, plus how a correctly sized wing clip removes flight capability from a forewing without touching the hindwing or the body.

🎮 How to Use

Pick the marking colour for the current year cycle and dot size, then apply the mark. Choose a forewing and clip length, then apply the clip and watch the guideline feedback update.

💡 Did You Know?

The colour order — White, Yellow, Red, Green, Blue — is remembered by beekeepers with the mnemonic "Will You Raise Good Bees," cycling every five years.

⚙ Under the hood

Interactive 3D queen bee model letting users apply the correct year color-marking code and perform a controlled wing clip, with visual feedback on paint placement and clip length against best-practice guidelines.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install