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🐝 Running Apiary Tours: Turning Hive Visits Into a Small Business

Set group size, ticket price, safety buffer distance and hive season to see how an apiary tour's visitor perimeter, bee agitation risk and per-tour revenue respond in a live 3D hive yard.

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A live 3D teaching apiary where you set group size, ticket price, safety buffer distance and hive season to see how the visitor perimeter, bee agitation and per-tour economics all respond together.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

Larger, closer, or badly timed visitor groups push sting-risk up; the recommended safety buffer and bee flight density shift with season and weather, and revenue and estimated insurance cost move alongside the risk level.

🎮 How to Use

Adjust group size, ticket price and buffer distance, then switch the season/weather setting. Watch the perimeter ring's colour, the bee density around the hives, and the stats panel update in real time.

💡 Did You Know?

Many UK associations and insurers suggest capping open-hive tour groups at roughly 8–12 visitors per beekeeper, because crowd density near an open colony often matters as much as raw distance.

⚙ Under the hood

A 3D teaching apiary where visitor group size, ticket price, safety buffer distance and hive season interact — bees swarm hive boxes with season-driven agitation while a color-coded perimeter ring and live stats panel show sting-risk, revenue and insurance cost trade-offs.

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