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🐝 Siting a Beehive

Turn the hive to face different compass directions, add a windbreak, move the water source and the neighbour's fence, and watch a live sun, wind, water and safety readout respond in 3D.

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A single hive sits on a 3D plot where you can rotate its entrance to any compass bearing, raise or drop the sun with the seasons, add or remove a windbreak hedge, and slide the water source and the neighbour's fence closer or further away.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

Four independent siting factors — sun on the entrance, wind shelter, water distance and safe spacing from neighbours — combine into one live overall site rating, showing why "good siting" is a balance rather than a single rule.

🎮 How to Use

Drag the entrance-orientation slider to point the hive at different compass bearings, toggle the windbreak, and move the water and boundary sliders. Watch the readouts and the coloured safety cone respond instantly.

💡 Did You Know?

A hive entrance facing due north common in poorly-sited apiaries delays the colony's first flights by hours on a cool morning, costing real foraging time across an entire season.

⚙ Under the hood

Turn the hive to face different compass directions, add a windbreak, move the water source and the neighbour's fence, and watch a live sun, wind, water and safety readout respond in 3D.

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