Each hive in this 3D apiary is a bar in a live chart. Its stack height and colour encode whichever KPI you choose — profit, revenue, cost or yield per colony — so you can see at a glance how a handful of business assumptions ripple across an entire operation, instead of scanning a spreadsheet column by column.
Many small UK beekeeping businesses only discover which colonies are actually profitable once they track cost-per-colony against yield — a handful of weak performers can quietly drag down an otherwise healthy apiary's average margin.
An interactive 3D apiary bar chart where every hive's stack height and colour encode a live KPI — profit, revenue, cost or yield per colony — so a set of business assumptions becomes something you can see across a whole yard at once.
Colonies vary naturally in yield even under identical management. Stacking that variance against a fixed cost per colony and a chosen honey price shows why averages hide underperforming hives — and where the break-even yield actually sits.
Adjust colony count, average yield, honey price and annual cost per colony, then switch the KPI shown between profit, revenue, cost and yield. Red-roofed hives are running a loss; green-roofed hives are clearing break-even.
Break-even yield (cost ÷ price) is one of the simplest KPIs a small beekeeping business can track, yet it's often the one most likely to expose which colonies are quietly costing more than they earn.