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🧰 Humane Beekeeping Handling Lab

A 3D hive-inspection lab where handling speed, hive-tool prying force, smoker use and weather combine to raise or calm a colour-coded colony's real-time stress level.

Entomology & Insect Behaviour3DAdvanced60 FPS

An open hive cutaway where a gloved hand and hive tool pry a propolis-glued frame free while a colour-coded colony of instanced bees reacts in real time — calm gold when settled, angry red and airborne when startled.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

Handling speed, hive-tool leverage, smoker use and ambient weather combine into a single live stress score that drives how many bees stay settled on the comb versus take flight defensively.

🎮 How to Use

Set handling speed and pry force, toggle the smoker, choose a weather/forage condition, then click "Pry & lift frame" to run one inspection cycle and watch the stress meter and colony colour respond.

💡 Did You Know?

Smoke works by masking isopentyl acetate, the alarm pheromone guard bees release when startled — it doesn't calm bees directly, it just stops the alarm signal from spreading through the colony.

⚙ Under the hood

A 3D hive-inspection lab where handling speed, hive-tool prying force, smoker use and weather combine to raise or calm a colour-coded colony's real-time stress level.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install