Chapter 169: How to Bee Queen?
Belissar did as Juosiutik asked and created a shortcut between the Apothecary’s Hut and the Apiary, as close to the First of the Fifth’s Bee Apartment as he could manage. He thought briefly about trying to place said shortcut in the apartment itself but decided against it. This was Juosiutik, the dangerous one herself, that they were talking about so having a direct connection between her workspace and a hive full of mana honey might be…unwise.
He stepped through the shortcut and went over to greet the First of the Fifth, informing her of the new room and shortcut…as well as his next course of business.
“I’m also going to place a carpenter bee spawner now. It’ll be in the Orchard, though, so maybe the Fourth of the Seventh or one of the hives there can take care of them?”
The First of the Fifth immediately launched into her response.
“First Daughter is there! Will take care of.”
Belissar smiled.
“Sounds good, thank you. Great work taking care of everyone, I appreciate that.”
He left the First of the Fifth to her resulting happy dance and made his way down to the Orchard. He quickly let the First of the Fifth’s First Daughter know what was going on, but turned out she had been informed by the time he arrived and was prepared to assist, so Belissar was able to get right to it.
He, Niobee, and the First of the Fifth’s First Daughter moved a bit further away from the Grove and the shortcut wall, though still on the same side of the Orchard, and brought up the spawner. This one appeared as a dead tree trunk with multiple holes bored into it. As soon as he placed it, a fuzzy carpenter bee crawled out of one of the holes, looking much like a bumblebee save for her smooth abdomen. She flew up to him, hovering before him, and he gave her a smile.