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🐝 Demaree, Tolin and Beyond

A practical comparison of named, structured hive manipulation methods, Demaree, one-sided nest compaction, Tolin repositioning, multi-body management and comb rotation, used to control swarming and drive rapid colony buildup.

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A cutaway multi-body beehive that compares four structured swarm-control manipulations, side-by-side against a queen excluder, brood nest and honey stores that respond in real time to the technique and days elapsed.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

How Demaree confinement, Tolin's one-sided nest compaction and rolling comb rotation each reshape brood distribution, congestion and the queen's position differently from an unmanipulated standard hive.

🎮 How to Use

Pick a technique, then scrub the days-since-manipulation slider to watch brood hatch out, comb refill and congestion rise or fall. Add hive bodies for multi-body management, and toggle the queen excluder.

💡 Did You Know?

George Demaree's 1892 method is one of the few swarm-control techniques that keeps an entire colony's workforce in a single hive while still resetting its swarm impulse.

⚙ Under the hood

An interactive 3D cutaway beehive that lets you switch between the Demaree method, Tolin one-sided nest compaction, comb rotation and a standard unmanaged hive, then scrub through days since manipulation to watch brood, honey, congestion and the queen's position respond.

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