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🧬 Conserving Rare Honeybee Genetics

An interactive gene-bank apiary showing how breeders preserve rare honeybee genetic lines and restock collapsed colonies to rebuild diversity.

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A ring of apiary hives, each carrying a distinct rare genetic line, surrounds a central gene bank vault. Colonies risk collapse every generation; when the gene bank is switched on, reserve queens fly out to restock lost hives and rebuild genetic diversity before a line is lost forever.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

Genetic diversity in a population of colonies erodes as hives collapse. A gene bank reserve — cryopreserved queens or semen for each rare line — lets breeders reintroduce a lost line before it disappears everywhere, exactly as real conservation apiaries do.

🎮 How to Use

Adjust collapse risk and restock chance, toggle the gene bank on or off, and watch the diversity index and lost-lines counter respond. Use "Force a collapse" to stress-test recovery, or turn the gene bank off to see how quickly rare lines vanish without it.

💡 Did You Know?

Conservation breeding groups maintain isolated mating apiaries and cryopreserved semen banks specifically to protect native honeybee subspecies from being diluted or wiped out after regional colony losses.

⚙ Under the hood

An interactive gene-bank apiary showing how breeders preserve rare honeybee genetic lines and restock collapsed colonies to rebuild diversity.

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