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🪵 Traditional Hive Architecture (2D)

A 2D cutaway thermal model of log gums, straw skeps, clay vessel hives and bark rolls — watch inside temperature and cluster comfort respond live to wall material, thickness and outside temperature.

Entomology & Insect Behaviour2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

This 2D companion strips the 3D cutaway comparison down to a flat thermal diagram: pick a hollow log gum, coiled straw skep, fired clay vessel or rolled bark tube, dial wall thickness and outside temperature, and watch directional heat-flow arrows, a live inside/outside temperature trace and the bee cluster's spread respond to the same conductivity model driving the 3D version — with a compressed day/night cycle to make the thermal lag between materials visible in under a minute.

⚙ Under the hood

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