Melisa Machuret
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The hive keeps its own weather

A small simulation of how Amazonian stingless bees hold their nest at a steady warmth while the forest outside heats up and cools down.

KindSimulation, not a measurement
Cast7 native species · 1 guide
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Projecteconectar

The hive

node: 102.1 · type: hive · t 00:00
box: 01 · brood
Tap a box to change its ventilation.
Where is the hive?

Used when live weather is off or can't be reached. The day swings ±4 °C around it.
Less oxygen higher up, so slightly less heat from the bees.
The colony
The box
0 deep shade · 100 full sun
The bees' own lining around the brood (involucrum).

One day, hour by hour

node: 102.2 · type: curve ·
t 12:00
brood boxtop boxoutside airideal bandnight

From my 2025 notebooks

node: 102.4 · type: papers · 2 design studies

Inside the experimentnode: 102.3 · type: notes

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