Chapter 162: Aspiring to Bee
After greeting Velebee, Belissar walked over to the new beehouses the karnuq had built, with all his beekeeping students fidgeting about. He nodded at them.
“Ok, let’s see how you did.”
He sent a silent command over to the First of the Ninth. She flew into the area, flying above the beehouses. She crawled inside a few of them, spending about a minute inside each one before flying to the next. She crawled into one final one, spending a minute inside…and then another, and another. The karnuq all held their breath, waiting for her to exit, but she did not.
Belissar walked over to one of them and gave her a smile.
“Congratulations, it seems she likes your beehouse.”
The karnuq in question grinned and pumped her fists into the air. The other karnuq congratulated her as best they could, though Belissar could tell their smiles were a bit strained.
“Don’t worry if she didn’t pick yours today, everyone. Another queen will be born tomorrow, so you’ll have another chance. Try to improve your houses as best you can until then.”
The other karnuq nodded and then each moved to begin reworking their beehouses. Meanwhile, Belissar upgraded the First of the Ninth’s home to an official beehouse feature, nodding towards the new karnuq beekeeper.
“Let’s give her some time to get her hive up and running, and then I’ll show you how to care for the hive…and collect the honey.”