A single colony makes far more than honey: beeswax for comb structure, propolis ("bee glue") sealing gaps, royal jelly feeding queen larvae, stored pollen for protein, venom for defence, and drone brood as part of the colony's reproductive cycle.
relative_value ≈ market_price × rarity_factor
(royal jelly and venom command far higher £/kg than honey)
- Product buttons — select a product to highlight its comb zone in the hive cross-section and see its relative value bar update.
- Honey cells glow amber, wax-building edges glow pale yellow, propolis seals glow reddish-brown at the rim, royal jelly cells glow white in the queen zone, pollen stores glow orange-red, venom sacs pulse on worker abdomens, and drone brood cells glow tan in the wider drone comb.
Relative value bars are illustrative, based on typical UK market price per kg — royal jelly and venom are worth vastly more per gram than honey, despite being produced in tiny quantities.