📓 Field Research Logistics

About this simulation

Multi-site apiary studies live or die on logistics: a consistent field notebook protocol and a safety margin around every colony that a researcher actually respects. This scene models a small research route across several apiary sites, with a researcher walking the route, pausing to log a standardized notebook entry at each hive cluster, and a translucent safety radius around every colony that expands or contracts with real risk factors.

How it works

• Safety radius — modeled from colony defensiveness and ambient temperature (bees fly and defend more readily above ~20°C), then discounted by the researcher's PPE level.
• When the researcher's position intrudes inside the raw (pre-PPE) radius without adequate protection, the zone flashes and a near-miss incident is logged — the same way a real SOP would flag an approach-distance breach.
• A buddy-system observer, when enabled, stands off to the side at every site — standard practice for isolated fieldwork.
• Each completed site visit appends a line to the floating notebook panel, mirroring the standardized minimum fields (site ID, time, colony state, weather, hazard notes) a good field SOP requires.

Controls

• Study sites — number of apiary stops on the route (3–8).
• Colony defensiveness — baseline temperament of the colonies being studied.
• Ambient temp — field temperature; warmer conditions raise defensive flight activity.
• PPE level — none / veil only / full suit, which shrinks the effective risk radius.
• Buddy-system observer — toggle a second researcher present at each site.
• ↺ New route — regenerates the site layout and resets counters. Drag to rotate, scroll to zoom.

Did you know?

Most institutional apiary field SOPs specify a minimum smoker-ready approach distance, a documented buddy check-in interval, and a standardized notebook template — because inconsistent field notes are one of the most common causes of unusable multi-site datasets.