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🔬 Research Ethics and Animal Welfare in Beekeeping Studies

A 3D observation-hive lab where sampling frequency, protocol invasiveness, colony sample size and a digital-twin replacement option combine into a live colony welfare score.

Entomology & Insect Behaviour3DAdvanced60 FPS

An observation-hive research lab where sampling frequency, protocol invasiveness and colony sample size combine into a live welfare score, and a digital-twin toggle shows how the 3Rs framework — Replacement, Reduction, Refinement — plays out in colony-level study design.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

A probe periodically dips into the focal hive; its depth and frequency drive visible bee agitation and a disturbance-event log, while the welfare score falls as invasiveness, sampling frequency and colony count rise.

🎮 How to Use

Adjust sampling frequency, invasiveness and colony sample size, then flip on the digital-twin toggle to see a simulated colony replace live bees entirely, restoring the welfare score.

💡 Did You Know?

Because honey bees are invertebrates, most animal-welfare legislation doesn't formally cover them — yet many research groups voluntarily apply 3Rs-style review to colony studies anyway.

⚙ Under the hood

A 3D observation-hive lab where sampling frequency, protocol invasiveness, colony sample size and a digital-twin replacement option combine into a live colony welfare score.

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