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🐝 Siting an Apiary: Neighbours, Signage & Liability

A 3D garden model of hive siting risk: adjust boundary distance, screening hedge height, flight bearing, colony count and signage, and watch a live neighbour-risk score respond.

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A 3D garden model showing how boundary distance, a screening hedge and the flight bearing from the hive entrance combine to determine whether a bee flight path clears head height before it crosses onto a neighbour's land.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

A tall screen close to the entrance forces bees to climb steeply, so by the time they cross the boundary they are already above head height — even on a small plot. Distance alone is a weaker substitute for a good screen.

🎮 How to Use

Adjust boundary distance, hedge height, flight bearing and colony count, and toggle signage. Watch the crossing marker turn green or red and the live neighbour-risk score update.

💡 Did You Know?

Displaying clear "bees" warning signage at a site entrance doesn't change bee flight paths, but is widely cited in UK beekeeping guidance as part of demonstrating reasonable care if a neighbour dispute or claim ever arises.

⚙ Under the hood

A 3D garden model where you adjust boundary distance, screening-hedge height, flight bearing, colony count and signage to see whether the hive's flight path clears head height at the neighbour's fence, with a live 0-100 neighbour-risk score.

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