🐝 Hive Sensor Monitoring Dashboard

About this simulation

Modern precision-apiculture rigs bolt a load-cell scale under the hive and push temperature and humidity probes into the brood nest, streaming readings to a dashboard every few minutes. This scene renders those three sensor channels directly onto a 3D cutaway hive so you can see how raw numbers translate into colony behaviour and alert flags.

How it works

• Weight drives the honey level visible inside the comb frames and the low-stores alert once reserves fall below roughly 25 kg.
• Temperature colours the in-hive probe tip from cool blue toward hot red; broods run tightest around 34–36°C, and sustained heat above ~36.5°C is a classic pre-swarm signal.
• Humidity controls the density of the mist rendered inside the cavity; healthy nests hold roughly 50–65% relative humidity.
• Forager traffic sets how many bees fly the entrance; when temperature, humidity and traffic all spike together the simulation balls foragers into a swarm cluster outside the entrance.

Controls

• Hive weight — scale-cell reading in kilograms (15–70 kg).
• Internal temperature — brood-nest probe reading (28–42°C).
• Internal humidity — cavity probe reading (35–95%).
• Forager traffic — bees per minute crossing the entrance.
• Live 24h telemetry sweep — animates all four channels through a simulated day/night rhythm. Drag to rotate, scroll to zoom.

Did you know?

Commercial hive-scale networks such as Arnia and BroodMinder log weight at sub-100g resolution; a sudden multi-kilogram drop over a few hours, paired with a temperature spike, is often the first automated clue that a colony has swarmed.