Chapter 178: Innovative Bee-signs
The next day, Belissar made his way over to shortcut Orchard, carrying a peculiar beehouse he made after observing the carpenter bees for a bit. He set it down by the monster carpenter bee spawner, right amidst the apple trees. Rather than a box filled with trays, this one was just a solid block of wood with legs. Belissar had drilled a bunch of holes into the block, most about the size of the carpenter bees but he made some larger by varying degrees in case the carpenter bees grew. Since he saw the carpenter bees branching their tunnels with his Tower sight, he made sure to leave enough space between the holes for side tunnels.
Curious carpenter bees hovered around him as he placed the block down. He motioned them to the box.
“What do you think?”
One of the carpenter bees flew over to the block and stuck her head into one of the holes. She pulled it out, spun around, and then backed into the tunnel, her head barely poking out. Belissar smiled as other carpenter bees began to check out the house and still others just zipped around him in rapid circles.
“Glad you like it, but it’s not done yet.”
Belissar didn’t recall ever hearing of carpenter bees making honey so he tried to turn the carpenter home into a bee nest rather than a beehouse feature.
Compatible feature detected. Upgrade Bee Nest to Belissar’s Nest Block? Cost: 5 DP
Belissar smiled and saw no reason to refuse. The carpenter bee home glowed slightly as mana settled into its walls.
Belissar’s Nest Block