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🍯 Building a Supplemental Feeding Plan for Your Apiary

A 3D apiary where you set the season, feed rate and colony mix, then watch each hive's stores gauge rise or fall so you can see whether your feeding plan actually keeps every colony safe.

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Five hives sit in a row, each with a live stores gauge that rises when you feed and falls with everyday consumption — set the season, feed rate and colony mix and watch which colonies your plan actually protects.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

Stores rise and fall from two competing rates — consumption (set by season and colony strength) and feeding (set by your feed rate and syrup type). A single schedule can leave weaker colonies short while stronger ones sit comfortably full.

🎮 How to Use

Pick a season, set a feed rate and a colony-strength mix, then speed up time and watch each hive's gauge and the "hives at risk" counter. Toggle monitoring alerts to see the threshold warnings a real inspection would flag.

💡 Did You Know?

Beekeepers commonly switch from thick 2:1 autumn syrup to solid fondant in winter because bees can't process watery syrup well in the cold — exactly why the feeder in this scene swaps from a dripping jar to a shrinking fondant block.

⚙ Under the hood

A 3D apiary of five hives, each with a live stores gauge, where changing the season, feed rate and colony-strength mix shows how the same feeding schedule can keep some colonies safe while leaving weaker ones at risk.

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