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📦 Swarm Trap Setup and Deployment

A 3D bait-hive scouting model: tune box volume, mounting height, entrance size and lure strength, and watch scout bees inspect, recruit and reach quorum before a swarm commits to the trap.

Entomology & Insect Behaviour3DModerate60 FPS

A bait hive mounted in a tree, scouted by honeybees that inspect the entrance, decide whether to recruit nestmates, and — once enough scouts agree — bring the whole swarm home.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

Box volume, mounting height, entrance size and lure strength combine into a single attractiveness score that drives how often scouts visit and how likely each one is to join the waiting quorum before the swarm commits.

🎮 How to Use

Move the sliders toward the values real bait hives use — around 40 litres, 3–5m up, a 12–15cm² entrance, and plenty of lure — and watch scouting speed up and quorum fill faster.

💡 Did You Know?

Scout bees don't vote by majority alone — they need roughly 15 bees simultaneously committed to the same site, a quorum threshold discovered through Thomas Seeley's decades of swarm-tracking field experiments.

⚙ Under the hood

A 3D bait-hive scouting model: tune box volume, mounting height, entrance size and lure strength, and watch scout bees inspect, recruit and reach quorum before a swarm commits to the trap.

beesswarmhivesimulationscoutingbehaviorThree.js

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