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🐝 Common Beekeeping Myths, Debunked

A 3D swarm-cluster and sting-mechanics model that lets you provoke a hanging honeybee swarm and watch alarm pheromone spread, defensive stinging and the barbed stinger in action — testing the real biology behind common beekeeping myths.

Entomology & Insect Behaviour3DAdvanced60 FPS

A hanging swarm cluster reacts to a provoked target: alarm pheromone spreads outward, nearby bees turn agitated or commit to a single barbed sting, while most of the swarm stays calm and clustered — testing the real biology behind the myths.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

Swarms are defenceless-by-choice, not aggressive: without brood or stores to protect, bees only respond within the spreading alarm-pheromone radius, and each responding worker can sting only once because of its barbed stinger.

🎮 How to Use

Pick a scenario, set swarm size and provocation intensity, then click "Provoke near target" and watch the alarm radius, sting count and barbed-stinger close-up respond in real time.

💡 Did You Know?

Only honeybee workers have a barbed, single-use stinger — queens, bumblebees and most solitary bees have smooth stingers and can sting more than once.

⚙ Under the hood

beeshoneyswarmpheromonestingingbiologysimulationThree.js

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