Chapter 89: Community Bee-velopment
Belissar grabbed his usual construction squad from the soldier bee army and headed over to the Orchard grove. He tasked them with ferrying the wood he needed for the beehouse up to the platform before climbing up himself. His ladder…wasn’t the most solid construction and he had a slip or two, but he managed to pull himself up safely. After only a breath moment to gather his breath and feel relatively solid wood beneath his feet, he got to work.
The two Orchard queens had already crawled out of their hives, curious as to his presence up in the canopy of the Grove. He smiled at them.
“What are you two called?”
The larger of the two answered immediately with a rapid dance.
“Fourth of the Seventh!”
The smaller was more hesitant, trembling as she stumbled over herself.
“F-First of the Fifth’s First Daughter, h-honored to speak with King.”
Belissar tried to give a reassuring smile to them.
“Fourth of the Seventh and First of the Fifth’s First Daughter, got it. I’m going to build a house for you two now, do you have any ideas on how it should look? Any features it should have?”