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🌦️ Reading the Weather for Beekeeping Decisions

A 3D apiary where you dial in temperature, wind, rain, cloud cover and barometric trend, then watch bee flight activity, a windsock and incoming weather respond, with a live go/no-go inspection verdict.

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🔬 What It Demonstrates

Foraging activity is not a single-variable effect — cold, wind, rain and heat each suppress flight in different ways, and a falling barometer paired with rising wind is the classic warning sign of an approaching front.

🎮 How to Use

Set temperature, wind speed, rain intensity, cloud cover and pressure trend. Watch the windsock lift, clouds and rain sweep the sky, bees leave or stay home, and the inspection-readiness badge update instantly.

💡 Did You Know?

Many UK beekeepers use a simple threshold — around 14–15°C, light wind, no rain and a settled or rising barometer — before opening a hive, since colder or windier inspections chill exposed brood and provoke defensive bees.

⚙ Under the hood

beesbeekeepingweathersimulation3d modelinghiveThree.js

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