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🐝 Honey Bees and Native Pollinator Conservation

A 3D meadow simulation of honey bee colonies and wild pollinators sharing a limited floral resource — adjust hive density, flower abundance and season to see forage competition play out.

Biology3DAdvanced60 FPS

A 3D meadow where managed honey bee colonies and wild bumblebees and solitary bees forage on a shared, limited pool of flowers — adjust hive density and floral abundance to see forage competition unfold in real time.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

Honey bee colonies can field far more foragers than any wild bee population, drawing down shared nectar quickly. Wild bee foraging success — and simulated population health — responds to how much floral resource is left after honey bee traffic.

🎮 How to Use

Increase hive count to add honey bee pressure, or floral abundance to ease it. Switch seasons to see bloom scarcity bite harder, and toggle a native wildflower patch to watch wild bees recover.

💡 Did You Know?

The UK is home to roughly 270 species of bee, and only one — the honey bee — is typically kept and managed by beekeepers. The other 269 rely entirely on wild forage.

⚙ Under the hood

A 3D meadow simulation of honey bee colonies and wild pollinators sharing a limited floral resource — adjust hive density, flower abundance and season to see forage competition play out.

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