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HP	10-22
HD	3
XP	62
Speed	20
AC	2
EV	18
Will	10
Attack¹	10 (sting: poison)
Resistances	None
Vulnerabilities	Poison
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Animal
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Natural
Size	Tiny
Type	killer bee, killer bee
Flags	Flying No skeleton

A giant bee, bearing a deadly barb which can sting repeatedly.

Useful Info

Killer bees are poisonous flying insects that live up to their name. They're twice as fast as most characters, attack in swarms, and can quickly inject fatal amounts of poison. They are found in the mid-Dungeon, as well as in "hive" vaults scattered around elsewhere.

Tips & Tricks

Never believe that there's just one bee on the floor - they always travel with friends. Try to use hallways if you can.
With poison resistance and decent AC, a bee swarm is a nuisance. With only poison resistance, they can be a handful if they surround you. Without either, charging into melee is often suicide.
Be extremely wary of out of depth swarms of bees. It's almost certain death to fight a swarm on D:4, even if in a hallway. If possible, close doors with C to keep them from reaching you.
Later in the game, watch out for queen bees, who can berserk nearby killer bees. Even if you can tab through regular bees, a dozen berserked bees can be a serious threat.
The following are particularly effective against bee swarms:
- Poison attacks work wonders. Mephitic Cloud will make a tightly-clumped swarm slaughter itself. Olgreb's Toxic Radiance will slaughter large bee rooms. A weapon of venom can quickly kill if it hits, but due to their 18 EV, this isn't as reliable.
- Bees have relatively low willpower, so a wand of charming can be effective in turning some of them onto your side.
- A potion of lignification can give characters some much-needed AC and poison resistance, greatly reducing the threat of a pack of bees.
- When things go badly, don't forget about your potions of curing.

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 ==Useful Info==
-'''Killer bees''' are poisonous flying insects that lives up to their name. They're twice as fast as most characters, attack in swarms, and can quickly inject fatal amounts of [[poison]] in lightly-armoured characters. They are found in the middle-[[Dungeon]], [[the Lair]], and anywhere else where their common hive [[vault]]s occur.
+'''Killer bees''' are poisonous flying insects that live up to their name. They're twice as fast as most characters, attack in swarms, and can quickly inject fatal amounts of [[poison]]. They are found in the mid-[[Dungeon]], as well as in "[[hive]]" [[vault]]s scattered around elsewhere.
 ==Tips & Tricks==
-*Never believe that there's just one bee on the floor. They always travel with friends.
+*Never believe that there's just one bee on the floor - they always travel with friends. Try to use hallways if you can.
-*With [[poison resistance]] and decent [[AC]], they're nuisances. With only poison resistance, they can be a handful if they surround you. Without either, taking them on in melee is often suicide.
+*With [[poison resistance]] and decent [[AC]], a bee swarm is a nuisance. With only poison resistance, they can be a handful if they surround you. Without either, charging into melee is often suicide.
-*[[Poison]] attacks work wonders here. [[Mephitic Cloud]] or [[Evaporate]] will make a tightly-clumped swarm slaughter itself, while [[Ignite Poison]] just kills every bee in [[LOS]] outright. Several repeated applications of [[Olgreb's Toxic Radiance]] will take a few more turns but will also eventually kill all bees in your [[line of sight]].
+*Be extremely wary of [[out of depth]] swarms of bees. It's almost certain death to fight a swarm on D:4, even if in a hallway. If possible, close [[door]]s with '''C''' to keep them from reaching you.
-*Bees have relatively low [[MR]], so [[Wand of enslavement|wands of enslavement]] can be effective in turning some of them onto your side.
+*Later in the game, watch out for [[queen bee]]s, who can [[berserk]] nearby killer bees. Even if you can [[tab]] through regular bees, a dozen berserked bees can be a serious threat.
-*When things go badly, don't forget about your [[potions of curing]].
+*The following are particularly effective against bee swarms:
+**[[Poison]] attacks work wonders. [[Mephitic Cloud]] will make a tightly-clumped swarm slaughter itself. [[Olgreb's Toxic Radiance]] will slaughter large bee rooms. A weapon of [[venom]] can quickly kill if it hits, but due to their 18 EV, this isn't as reliable.
+**Bees have relatively low [[willpower]], so a [[wand of charming]] can be effective in turning some of them onto your side.
+**A [[potion of lignification]] can give characters some much-needed AC and poison resistance, greatly reducing the threat of a pack of bees.
+**When things go badly, don't forget about your [[potions of curing]].