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📡 Smart Hive Technology

A cutaway smart hive with live weight, brood-nest temperature and acoustic sensors — see how sensor data actually responds to weather, forage flow and colony behaviour.

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A cutaway smart hive shows three sensor streams — hive weight, brood-nest temperature and acoustic activity — responding live to outside temperature, forage flow and a simulated swarm cue, the same signals real hive-monitoring apps report on.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

Weight tracks nectar flow strength, brood temperature stays pinned near 35°C through active thermoregulation regardless of outside conditions, and acoustic level spikes alongside a weight drop during a simulated swarm/robbing cue — the pattern automated alerts look for.

🎮 How to Use

Set outside temperature and forage flow, or jump to a season preset. Switch the sensor overlay to isolate one signal, then press "Simulate swarm cue" to see how a real alert would trigger.

💡 Did You Know?

A load-cell hive scale can flag the start of a nectar flow hours before a beekeeper notices by eye — but it can't explain a weight drop, which is why sensor data supplements physical inspection rather than replacing it.

⚙ Under the hood

A cutaway smart hive with live weight, brood-nest temperature and acoustic sensors — see how sensor data actually responds to weather, forage flow and colony behaviour.

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