Hive Frame Keeper
An original full-3D apiary. Ten slots hold up to eight textured comb frames in a real 3D hive box. Select a slot, lift a frame clear of the rim, turn it to read both faces and decide which are brood, honey, bare comb or decoys that look sweet but are uncapped. Then set the order of the frames, the vent and optional spacers so the simulated colony keeps its brood in one connected cluster, has food within reach, and gets air when the weather is warm or stays tight when it is cool. A spare capped-honey frame can be harvested, but only after both faces were read and only from a brood-free frame, and the colony reserve must stay. Close the hive before the 120-second bell. There are 24 seeded orders: cool snaps start at order 4, warm days at 8, a hidden queen at 12 and heavy interleaved honey at 16.
How to play
- Tap a hive slot (or use the arrows), hold LIFT until the frame clears the rim, then drag the ROTATE slider to each side for about half a second to read faces A and B. Slide to another empty slot, straighten the frame and press PLACE. Lowering into an occupied slot or with a skewed frame is refused.
- Arrange the brood frames side by side with honey within two slots, set the VENT slider and use Spacer or an empty slot beside the brood when the day is warm. Cool snaps want a tight cluster away from the outer slots and the vent low. Lift the capped surplus frame, read both faces and press HARVEST, then put it back and Close hive.
- Keyboard: arrows slot and rotate (up and down), Q lift, E lower, Enter place, Tab next frame, S spacer, V or B vent, Z straighten, H harvest, Space close hive, R retry, Escape pause.
Tips
- Read both faces before you trust a frame. Capped honey is pale and flat, uncapped honey is shiny amber and never counts, and brood is tan.
- Do not hold brood frames in the air too long. Cold air chills the brood and costs points, most of all on cool snaps.
- A failed Close hive costs 100 points and 5 seconds, so check the four chips (link, food, air or vent, queen) first.
Questions
Is this a real beekeeping simulator?
No. It is a small accelerated game model with explicit rules for brood connection, food reach, vent and a ventilation corridor. It is not husbandry advice.
Why was my harvest refused?
Both faces of the lifted frame must be read, the frame must contain no brood and the colony reserve of honey must remain. Only capped honey is removed.
What saves and how does the Daily work?
Best score, unlocked orders and per-order records save on this device when a round ends with a win. The Daily seed comes from the UTC date and counts at most once per date. Rooms run one seeded order at the host's wall-clock deadline with no retry.
What if graphics fail or I hide the tab?
Hiding the tab pauses play and never resumes automatically. Missing WebGL, a lost graphics context or a stopped runtime shows a reload message; finished progress is kept.
Hidden Objects
Honey Words
Garden Defence