Beekeepers face compounding emergencies: brood diseases like American and European foulbrood that can force destruction of whole colonies, extreme weather that topples or floods hives, and theft of valuable hive equipment from remote apiaries. Good crisis preparedness — spacing, biosecurity, weatherproofing and site security — changes how much of an apiary survives a bad season.
American foulbrood spores can remain viable in comb, hive tools and old equipment for decades, which is why many regions require infected hives and their frames to be burned rather than treated — spacing and hygiene are cheaper than a lost apiary.
A 3D apiary of twenty hive stands where a foulbrood outbreak, a storm and theft risk all run at once, so you can see how spacing, weatherproofing and site security change how much of the apiary survives.
Disease only spreads between hives within a fixed contagion radius, so widening quarantine spacing physically breaks transmission chains. Storm intensity drives wind, rain and toppling risk; security tier sets nightly theft probability.
Set outbreak severity, quarantine spacing, storm intensity and security tier, then watch the day counter and loss stats update as the simulation runs. Reset to reseed a fresh apiary and try a different strategy.
American foulbrood spores can stay viable in comb and equipment for decades, which is why many regions legally require burning infected hives rather than treating them.