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🌡️ Apiary Heat Stress Index Monitoring Lab (2D)

A 2D top-down hive lab: dial in air temperature and humidity, watch the Temperature-Humidity Index update live, and see fanning bees, bearding and brood-nest temperature respond to the heat load.

Entomology & Insect Behaviour2DModerate60 FPS⇄ 3D version

This 2D companion drives the same Temperature-Humidity Index model as the 3D hive cutaway — THI = T − (0.55 − 0.0055·RH) × (T − 14.5) — through a plain top-down canvas view: watch the brood-nest core shift from amber to red as humidity blunts evaporative cooling even under heavy fanning, and see bearding bees spill out of the entrance once the colony can no longer shed heat fast enough.

⚙ Under the hood

2D top-down hive lab with a live Temperature-Humidity Index model, brood-nest heat glow, fanning bees and bearding response, matching the 3D original's physics.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install