Hive pallets are laid out evenly around the block's access edge. Each pallet's bees fan out and forage within an effective range R_eff = R × sqrt(clamp(strength/10, 0.35, 1.3)) — stronger colonies fly a little farther on average because more foragers means more scouts finding bloom at the range edge. Every tree in the block is scored by its distance to the nearest pallet: inside the effective range it is "covered", and coverage fraction fades linearly with distance so the disc edge is a soft gradient rather than a hard cutoff.
- Colonies = stocking density × 20 acres (this block), rounded; 4 colonies share one pallet.
- Bloom coverage % = share of trees whose coverage fraction exceeds 15%.
- Yield outlook blends the crop's base yield floor with density-vs-recommendation, coverage and colony strength.
- Block revenue = colonies × rental rate — the grower's payment before trucking and labor.