Honeybee Colony Health Threats Simulator

A honeybee colony's health is a running balance between parasites, pathogens and the colony's own regulatory ability. This simulator visualizes a hive with a flying population of bees whose composition shifts in real time: as Varroa mite pressure rises and goes untreated, more bees carry mites and viral load climbs toward the level that pressure sets, while low brood-thermoregulation effort lets the nest temperature drift away from its ~34.5°C setpoint and damages brood independently. Colony health, viral load, brood temperature and active population all update live as you adjust mite pressure, monitoring/treatment intensity and thermoregulation effort — reset the colony at any point to compare how different management choices play out from a clean start.