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🧘 Beekeeping for Wellbeing

An interactive 3D apiary scene where a beekeeper's calm state, heart rate and focus respond live to breathing pace, hive-inspection workload and colony temperament.

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A stylised 3D apiary where a beekeeper's heart rate, stress index and focus/flow level respond live to breathing pace, colony temperament, task load and time spent in a mindful inspection session.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

How slow, paced breathing and sustained mindful attention lower a modelled heart rate and stress index, while a demanding task combined with a defensive colony raises them — and how "flow" peaks in the sweet spot between boredom and overload.

🎮 How to Use

Slow the breathing pace, dial down colony temperament, increase session time, and adjust task load. Watch the pulsing aura shift from stressed amber to calm teal-green and the bee swarm settle as the numbers respond.

💡 Did You Know?

Many apitherapy and mindfulness-in-beekeeping programmes work precisely because a hive punishes hurried, anxious movement — forcing the same slow breath and single-pointed attention taught in clinical stress-reduction courses.

⚙ Under the hood

An interactive 3D apiary scene where a beekeeper's heart rate, stress index and focus/flow level respond in real time to breathing pace, colony temperament, task load and mindful session time.

beekeeping-wellnessmental-healthmindfulnessstress-relieftherapeutic-beekeepingphysical-fitness

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

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