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🌿 Pesticide Regulation and Pollinator Protection

A 3D crop-field model of pesticide spray drift, flowering-period restrictions and buffer zones, showing how spray timing and beekeeper notification protect a nearby hive.

Entomology & Insect Behaviour3DModerate60 FPS

A 3D crop field where a sprayer's drift cloud, a hedgerow buffer zone and a foraging bee colony show how spray timing, buffer width, wind and beekeeper notification together determine whether a spray pass is compliant and whether it actually reaches the hive.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

Bee-toxic pesticide labels restrict spraying a flowering crop while bees are actively foraging. Separately, physical drift distance depends on wind speed and buffer zone width — so a legally timed spray can still drift, and an untimed one can still miss the hive if the buffer is wide enough.

🎮 How to Use

Set the time of day, crop flowering stage, buffer width and wind speed, then run a spray pass. Watch the compliance banner, drift cloud colour and any bees that go down, and see how notifying the beekeeper changes the exposure outcome.

💡 Did You Know?

Suspected pesticide poisoning incidents in Great Britain can be reported through the Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme (WIIS), which offers free residue testing on dead bees and nearby foliage.

⚙ Under the hood

A 3D crop-field model of pesticide spray drift, flowering-period restrictions and buffer zones, showing how spray timing and beekeeper notification protect a nearby hive.

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