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👑 Queen Rearing Methods Compared

Interactive 3D side-by-side hive setups where stepping through each queen-rearing method's process compares simulated success rate, larvae age tolerance and equipment complexity.

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Four hive rigs on one workbench — Grafting, Miller, Doolittle and Cloake Board — step through the same queen-rearing process side by side so you can compare simulated success rate, larval age tolerance and equipment complexity.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

Each method's cell-acceptance rate reacts differently to larval age, beekeeper skill and, for the Cloake board, whether the division board is currently isolating the queen from the grafted cells.

🎮 How to Use

Set the larva's age at transfer, step through prep, transfer, cell-building and capping, adjust beekeeper skill, and toggle the Cloake board to see its queenless-chamber acceptance boost appear live in the stats panel.

💡 Did You Know?

The Miller method needs no grafting skill at all — nurse bees pick their own larvae along a cut comb edge — which is why its success barely moves with the age slider compared with the other three methods.

⚙ Under the hood

Interactive 3D side-by-side hive setups where stepping through each queen-rearing method's process compares simulated success rate, larvae age tolerance and equipment complexity.

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