How does the gene bank prevent a rare honeybee line from going extinct?

When a hive's last living population of a genetic line collapses, that line is only lost forever if no reserve exists. With the gene bank on, a reserve queen can fly out from the vault and re-found the hive from a small nucleus, keeping the line alive.

What happens if the gene bank is switched off?

A collapsed hive stays empty permanently. If that hive held the last living population of its genetic line, the line is marked lost forever and its vault sample dims out.

Why do some hives recover and others don't?

Recovery is probabilistic: the gene bank restock chance sets how likely a reserve queen successfully re-founds a collapsed hive each generation. Higher collapse risk and lower restock chance make permanent loss more likely.

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Conserving Rare Honeybee Genetics (2D)

A top-down 2D gene-bank apiary: hives holding rare honeybee genetic lines risk collapse every generation, and a central reserve vault can restock a lost hive before its line disappears forever.

Biology2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

This 2D companion keeps the same generation-by-generation gene-bank mechanic as the 3D version, viewed top-down on a plain canvas: six hives ring a central vault, each generation every living hive risks collapse at the chosen probability, and — when the gene bank is switched on — a reserve queen can fly out from the vault at the restock chance to re-found a collapsed hive from a small nucleus. Switch the gene bank off, or force a collapse, to watch how quickly a rare genetic line disappears for good once its last living hive is gone and no reserve remains.

⚙ Under the hood

A 2D gene-bank apiary: hives holding rare honeybee genetic lines risk collapse each generation, and a central reserve vault can restock a lost hive before its line is gone forever.

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