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The Firstborn…is discovering entrenchment, huh? With her army of extremely diligent bees. That, um, is definitely going to end well…for anyone trying to attack them that is. Who’s ready for World War Bee?
Not the non-bees, that’s for sure.
Anyways!
Who h...
2024-05-27 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Rare perk get! And it…let’s the bees plant flowers. …as it should! Clearly, the perk choices know what the priori-bees are!
Because the only thing that can stop bees is lack of flowers. So, if the bees can plant their own flowers…well, non-bees better bee-ware!
<... 2024-05-24 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Ah yes, the RNG. Only ever gives you what you want when you are prepared for it not to. Well, I guess in this case there might be a not so random god behind it this time.
…actually, that’s a good question. Is there a God of Random Numbers? If so, that might be a good on...
2024-05-23 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
…sometimes it’s not great to be king. But it is great to be bees! See, Belissar? We don’t need no non-bees to defend the hive of hives!
And either they’ll live and work for the hive of hives or go to the Queen of All Bees’ side where they can still work for the hi...
2024-05-22 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Unrelated Announcement: The audiobook of Arrival, Book 1 of 2024-05-21 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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Happy World Bee Day, everyone! If you happen to be a...non-bee, consider planting some flowers for the bees in your life!
SCHEDULE ANNOUNCEMENT: I plan to take the first week of June off (June 3 - June 7) on account of a combination of some IR...
2024-05-20 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Fourth of the Eight needn’t have worried. She might be the last of the bees…but that’s still a bee, and so better than all the non-bees! But, you know, I guess it’s also fair for her to only consider the bees.
Well, we’ll just have to see if soldier honey works li...
2024-05-17 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
…it’s a drone, who are useless, but is also a bee. W-What do we do? Do we accept it as a bee or are we even more upset that any bee could be as useless as a drone? What do drones even do, anyways? Why do queens even lay drone eggs in the first place?
…well, the Fourth...
2024-05-16 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Slime flower get! Which…could actually have ended badly if the monster bees were like normal bees, because apparently sometimes honeybees will bite flowers to take the nectar directly without going through the normal pollen business. Which, um, wouldn’t end well with these fl...
2024-05-15 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
And so the soldier bee army has begun…doing non-bee stuff? Eh? Is that a good thing? Like, how will digging ditches and moving wood and stone around help defend the hive of hives? Isn’t that a distraction? What sort of army has its soldiers doing construction work instead of ...
2024-05-14 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Oops, turns out getting smaller is kind of a problem if your answer to Pit Traps is being too big to fall in. Oh well. A win’s a win, and Beero definitely won! That’s one shade terminated and a bunch of soldiers back in action!
Anyways!
Will Belissar be able to ex...
2024-05-13 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
You know, Fernando Oliveira’s right. We’ve had too many humies in this novel! So, here’s some…more non-bees? Huh? That can’t be right. The answer should have been more bees. Well, I guess these are non-bees that are trying to overcome their appalling lack of bees, so ma...
2024-05-10 20:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Belissar…made a risky choice?
…well, guess he’s king! King’s choice best choice, obviously! The bees said so! The gods even proclaimed Belissar is best dungeon master, so obviously he’s making the completely optimal choice with no consequences! Obviously!
An...
2024-05-09 20:05:02 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
And so, another non-bee finally realizes the greatness of bees! Took him long enough. He must not be very competent or important if he didn’t realize something so blatantly obvious. This is why Belissar best dungeon master.
But at least he’s realized his p...
2024-05-08 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
…next time, that is, muahahahahaha! The author, um, definitely doesn’t need more time to think about it. And definitely isn’t hoping lots of readers will express their opinions and make the decision. Definitely not. There’d be a poll if the author was hoping for that!
... 2024-05-07 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
As requested by Beeees! (nice name), a POG! I’ve been slightly hesitant to pull back the curtain on the gods, but it does feel like a good time if we’re ever going to do it. So, you know, hope I got the God of Bees right. Tried to have her encapsulate all aspects of all bees…but t...
2024-05-06 20:05:10 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Double god mission complete! Well, that was easy! For Belissar at least. For the Third of the Sixth…well, anything is easy if its for the King and the hive of hives! What’s a mere risk of fiery death to one of the King’s queens?
Which means she should get along nicely...
2024-05-03 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
At first, I didn’t think stingless bees would work well as a monster specifically. Like, on the one hand, they straight up engage in kamikaze attrition warfare with each other (some species will wage war with other hives by crashing workers together in tackles that often lead t...
2024-05-02 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
o7 Beero and co, you have nothing to prove, brave soldiers.
Besides, you’ve gone ahead and come up with ritual casting, an efficient way to perform magic for those who are used to precise and efficient coordination! And now you can rain deadly magical attacks from above! ...
2024-05-01 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Explorers assemble! Except Ruckanos, who we hope will accidentally have a saddle malfunction while flying over a non-purified zone. But hey, at least one of the non-bees knows what’s important!
One of them, that is…
Anyways!
What other wonders and horrors wi...
2024-04-30 20:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
A non-bee is…building stronger hives? …Muuraqi, you are the best non-bee now. We will allow you in the hive of hives, congratulations. Your reward is more work for the hive of hives! Congrats!
Also, Belissar, what are you doing? Your bees are sad, and some of them are e...
2024-04-29 20:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
The Fourth of the Seventh’s actual dreams: impossible. The First of the Fifth’s First Daughter and the Fourth of the Seventh’s communer: we’ll reject common sense and make the impossible possible!
And by making a bunch of baby queens who have required me to add anot...
2024-04-26 20:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Stone beehouse, get! …Belissar might be in for some lifting in the future, if the magically produced trays are stone too. Maybe he’s due for some bulking, he’s like, the scrawniest non-bee around! And that’s before we apply bee standards! Gotta get that bumblebulk, Beliss...
2024-04-25 20:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Gasp, were there consequences to running the Bee Barracks on the bare minimum workers, who are rushing so much to make enough honey they had no time to organize? That sounds dangerously close to bees acting…inefficiently! But that…that would mean they’re like…non-bees...
2024-04-24 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Wait, what do you mean Belissar has never heard the word gravity before? What is he, some sort of uneducated peasant? I’d accuse him of being a non-bee too, but bees don’t worry about silly things like gravity, so guess that doesn’t apply this time.
Anyways!
Has...
2024-04-23 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
God of Fire making a comeback! …that’s a god of nonbee stuff, though. Though, being a god, surely he knows the greatness of bees, so that must be why he’s here! He must be tired of non-bees and wants some bees of his own! He knows what’s important here!
Totally has nothing...
2024-04-22 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
…the non-bees did something. The non-bees did something that…the bees couldn’t? It can’t be…that’s impossible!
Oh, the non-bee only succeeded thanks to bee honey? Ah, there we go. I knew the non-bees couldn’t do anything without the help of bees! So, really, in the e...
2024-04-19 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Thanks to TheLostGolem for letting me know about propolis, aka bee glue. Like, bee crafting is so much easier now that we know bees can already make their own glue. Although apparently they do need like, tree sap or resin or pine cones or something to do it…but these are monster bees!...
2024-04-18 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Oh look! Belissar got a new monster! He can make…wait, non-bees?! …I knew trusting the non-bees was a mistake! Now they want to spread the non-beeness!
Thank goodness the bees had it covered. Could you imagine if Belissar had made a spawner for…non-bees? What s...
2024-04-17 20:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note:
Apology…accepted? Kinda? Well, by the God of Bees at least. Niobee is still suspicious, though, so you better stay on the level, Tyghak!
Whether or not we forgive depends on if the bees like the flowers you brought or not. But, well, planting some flowers next to the Memorial
