Reanimator bees

Reanimator bees are social insects that make mobile hives out of corpses of large animals, known as hollowed beekeepers. A hollowed beekeeper is essentially a corpse that walks and acts as a giant beehive. 
These bees survive on a scavenger diet of carrion thanks to their ability to animate corpses of animals and use them as mobile beehives. The bees move the muscles using specific dances.
== Life cycle ==
The life cycle of the bees starts with a queen and her swarm nesting in a carcass. In a fitting bit of irony, these bees will actively hunt down bears when they detect one nearby.The bees feed for a day or two on the carrion, cleaning it of eggs and larva of other insects, as well as emptying the chest and thorax regions of the bodies main organ groups, delaying the decomposition process. During this process the queen will go into a reproductive over drive, laying many eggs to ensure the hive is ready as fast as possible. The size of the swarm is generally proportional to the animal used as a hive.
Then the bees make the corpse move to a safe spot, usually protected by rocks or in a hollow tree. The bees then build the wax cells and store honey in the animal’s torso, starting from the rib cage to the pelvis region. 
== Behavior ==
The bees use their corpse-hive as a food source when necessary, but will try to find carrion as a primary food source. The bees scavenge the wilderness for carrion to feed on. If there is an exceptional food resource nearby (like the carcass of a deer or a cow), they will move the hive, making it walk. The bees will choose between moving the hive and making food runs. 
The animated corpse moves in a generally slow and uncoordinated way, with occasional bursts of speed and precision when needed. Moving the hive can be necessary if the colony is spotted or attacked. Running away from threats is often not an option: animating and controlling a corpse is quite taxing for the swarm and so the colony will prefer to coordinate strikes from the corpse rather than flee.
== Animating the corpse ==
The bees walk in specific patterns to move the corpse, these movements are called Animation Dances. A repertoire of simple dances are used to create complex Animation Dances. These dances can be spotted in the flight pattern of the swarm when the hive moves, which is called a Controlling Flight.
The insects buzzing scheme creates a song that can make the undead fall into a sort of slumber, a survival tactic developed so as to not be preyed upon by the undead.
== City bees ==
Some bees have adapted to cities, feeding on trash and vermin. City bees generally nest within smaller corpses, but can control several corpses at once, groups of rats moved by the same queen have been observed. These swarms are more proactive than their wild counterpart, and will fight other colonies over territory where corpses are plentiful, rather than avoid each other.
== Products ==
The honey is bitter, protein rich and can induce dark and desperate thoughts. 
The wax is not of high quality, and produces a purple flame.
Category:Insects
Category:Necromancy
Category:Biology of Welt
Category:Magic