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🦡 Beyond Wasps: Apiary Predator Defense Lab

Interactive 3D apiary where woodpeckers, badgers, mice and wasps attack a hive and you toggle real deterrent hardware — mouse guards, wire mesh, hive straps and wasp traps — to see what actually stops each one.

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Woodpeckers, badgers, mice and wasps each threaten a hive in a different way and at a different time of year — this 3D apiary lets you send each one in and see whether the matching defensive hardware actually holds.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

Each predator attacks a specific part of the hive: woodpeckers drill the side wall, badgers claw at the base, mice sneak through the entrance, and wasps mass at the entrance to raid stores. Fitted defenses intercept the attack before contact; without them, the breach counter and colony stress climb.

🎮 How to Use

Pick a predator and a season to see its seasonal risk rating change, toggle "Defenses fitted" to add or remove the matching hardware, and raise attack frequency to stress-test the colony faster. Watch attempts bounce off wire mesh, straps, mouse guards or the wasp trap — or get through when defenses are off.

💡 Did You Know?

A single great spotted woodpecker can destroy a hive wall in one hard winter session when snow covers its usual insect food, which is why UK beekeepers wrap hives in weld-mesh netting every winter, not just when they've already spotted damage.

⚙ Under the hood

A 3D apiary where a woodpecker, badger, mouse or wasp raiding party attacks a stacked hive from its own realistic angle, and toggling matching defensive hardware (wire mesh, hive straps, mouse guard, wasp trap) determines whether each attempt is blocked or breaches the colony, tracked live via attempt, breach and stress counters.

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