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🐝 Integrating Bees into Arable and Livestock Farms

How UK farmers and beekeepers can combine hives with pollinator strips, cover crops, and grazing land to boost yields, biodiversity, and stewardship scheme income.

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A 3D working farm split into an arable crop, a wildflower pollinator strip and grazing pasture, with hives on the margin, foraging bees working the strip and crop edge, and livestock wandering the field.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

Widening the pollinator strip trades land at the crop and pasture edges for more forage, more active bees, and a longer pollination "reach" into the crop — the same trade-off farmers weigh when sizing a margin under Countryside Stewardship.

🎮 How to Use

Adjust the strip width, hive count and livestock density, then switch seasons to see the crop, flowering strip and pasture change. Toggle each hive's forage range and watch the stewardship income estimate respond.

💡 Did You Know?

Flower-rich margins sited next to hives don't just feed bees — they also buffer the crop from spray drift, slow water run-off from the pasture, and are one of the few habitat features that pay farmers directly through agri-environment schemes.

⚙ Under the hood

How UK farmers and beekeepers can combine hives with pollinator strips, cover crops, and grazing land to boost yields, biodiversity, and stewardship scheme income.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install