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🐝 Beekeeping by Location: Urban, Rural, Garden and Estate Setups

Switch between rooftop, garden, rural and estate apiary setups in an interactive 3D scene and see how neighbour distance and flight-path screening change forager risk.

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An interactive 3D comparison of four UK apiary settings — rooftop, garden, rural field and large estate — where hive count, neighbour distance and a flight-path screen change forager risk in real time.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

How the same beekeeping fundamentals play out differently depending on setting: rooftops and gardens force close attention to boundary distance and flight-path screening, while rural and estate apiaries usually have space to spare.

🎮 How to Use

Pick a setting, add hives, and drag the neighbour-distance slider to watch the boundary line shift from red to green. Toggle the flight-path screen to see the bees' arcs lift over the hedge or fence near the boundary.

💡 Did You Know?

There's no fixed UK legal minimum distance between a hive and a boundary — most local associations instead recommend a ~2m screen close to the entrance, which works just as well on a crowded rooftop as it does in a small back garden.

⚙ Under the hood

An interactive 3D lab that swaps between rooftop, garden, rural and estate apiary scenes, letting you adjust hive count and neighbour distance and toggle a flight-path screen to see forager risk and bee flight arcs change in real time.

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