Beehive

The Beehive, also known as "Bee Maze" or "Bee Nest" or "Bee Colony", is the home of the Bees, and also a maze that players can go through to get rewards. It's located under the right branch in the top of the tree.

## General information

   The beehive is surrounded by about 10 bees, which can quickly kill the player and soldier ants one by one. Soldiers cannot fight back due to the bees' speed and flying ability. Players should not bother bringing any soldiers with them, they can't win this battle.

The player ant can only get inside the bee hive with 'bee essence'.

Inside the beehive is a maze with obstacles. Players must find their way through the maze to the queen bee where 3 rewards are waiting to be claimed.

## Bee Essence

To enter the beehive, players will need to activate the Bee Essence by purchasing it in the Resin Shop. Bee Essence is purchased for 300 resin or 150 gems. (It is recommended to use the resin, instead of gems.)

This activates the bee skin and disguises the player ant as a bee. It also activates a timer on the screen to show how long the bee essence will be active. Once bee essence has been activated, the option to purchase it again will be grayed out (blocked) until the timer runs out.

There is also a counter to show how many rewards have been claimed from the beehive.

Note: Activating bee essence resets the whole maze, including rewards and geranium back to their original spots and causes any unclaimed rewards that have been removed from the beehive to disappear.

## Strategy

    To enter the beehive, travel up the tree trunk, avoiding the termites, and along the right branch. Stop at the start of the bottom branch and activate the Bee Essence. Once inside the nest, the player will be inside a maze.

The objective is:

1. Find the geranium (red flower)
2. Take the geranium to the Queen Bee
3. Put her to sleep with the flower to prevent her from calling an alarm and summoning attack bees
4. Take a reward
5. Escape before the bee essence runs out

If bee essence runs out while the player is inside the maze, they will be found and killed in a matter of seconds by a bee which comes flying in from outside. (The bees inside the nest never move at all.)

The bee essence timer is usually long enough for the player to perform these tasks.

### **Obstacles**

There are several obstacles inside the maze designed to slow down the player or decrease the timer. **Touching any of these obstacles decreases the bee essence timer by 10 seconds each time.**

#### Maze walls

* The maze walls can't be touched. If the player touches or runs into the maze wall, they will often be bounced or teleported backward. Stay along the center of the passage and be especially careful going around corners.

#### Honey drops

* Honey drops fall from the top the of the maze passageway. There are different amounts of drops in each section but they all fall at the same time which makes it easy to predict.
* There is enough space in between each droplet for the player to stand without getting hit. Getting hit by the honey droplets will push the player ant downwards a bit.
* It's helpful to start at the top of the passage then aim toward the bottom of the passage to give the most time in between drops. It also helps to click the space in between the drops instead of leading the player ant through until sufficient skill has been developed.
* With only a few upgrades, most players can get past 5 drops without carrying something and 3 drops while carry something.

#### Wax balls

* Wax balls bounce across a specific path at certain points in the maze. Wax balls will bounce off of the player if they touch it, pushing them back and sometimes teleporting them.
* Stand as close to the ball as possible without getting hit. When it moves out of the way, run past. The first wax ball is a little tricky due to the honey drops blocking the passage. Carefully time the ball and run to the spot in between the first and second honey drop.

#### Spinners

* Spinning hexagons block three spots in the maze. They only have a small opening that must be timed perfectly in order to enter them. Wait inside the spinner until the opening points the direction needed.
* It is helpful to lead the player ant through the spinner opening rather than clicking a spot on the outside of the spinner. Clicking a spot requires careful timing that is easy to go wrong.
* **Note: Even though the maze walls are not visible inside the spinners, the hit boxes are still present.** Stay toward the middle of the spinner to avoid hitting them.

### **Upgrades**

The two most important upgrades for the beehive are player speed and bee essence time. Both can be purchased in the Resin Shop. If a player is having difficulty completing the maze, be careful upgrading speed too much. Speed can make it harder to control the player ant and increase lag. Focus on increasing the bee essence timer to give more chances to make a mistake.

## Rewards

Once the player has brought the Geranium flower to the Queen, they will be able to choose between 3 rewards to bring out of the beehive. From left to right:

1. 2000 Resin
2. A piece of honeycomb to summon the Asian Giant Hornet
3. 75 Honeydew

Once the player has gotten the resin/honeydew out of the hive it must be taken back to the colony, to the associated storage chamber and stored there for it to count. For the honeycomb, the player must be holding it while doing either a regular or golden summon (pink pheromones are suggested for a regular hornet) and it will spawn an Asian Giant Hornet.

The maximum reward in each category per day:

* 10000 resin (8500 resin if 300 resin is used each time to activate bee essence)
* 5 honeycomb
* 375 honeydew

## Double or triple runs

After a certain number of upgrades, it is possible to grab two or even all three rewards using one bee essence. This is very difficult and requires a combination of speed, skill, and adequately long bee essence timer.

A double run is possible because the player does not have to get the geranium flower the second time entering the maze since the queen bee will still be asleep. The player just needs to go back to the queen's chamber and collect another reward. Unfortunately, this means that only one of each reward can be collected since the rewards do not reset.

If the player does acquire 2 rewards in a single run, both will count towards the daily limit of 5. If the player completes a double run when the daily reward counter is at 4/5, they will only receive one reward. The other one will not be counted.

## **Termites**

Getting past the termites can be a challenge. The location of the resin source can make this easy or difficult.

* Resin close to the left edge of the tree:
	+ Just walk along the right edge of the tree to avoid the termites.
* Resin near the center of the tree:
	+ Depending on player speed upgrades/bonuses, it may be possible to dodge and run past the termites. Wait for termites to point away from the right edge and then run past. If a termite begins to chase, keep running away and it will eventually give up. Remember, on the way back, that the reward will slow the player ant down.
* Resin close to the right edge of the tree:
	+ This can be a challenge. Recruit soldiers and attack the the termites at the resin source. Once all the termites are distracted or killed, run up to the branch of the tree and disband ants.
	+ On the way back down, drop the reward near the top and inch down the right side of the tree, then place the garrison as close as possible to the resin source. Run back up, grab the reward and wait for the garrison to start attacking the termites. Walk down the tree to freedom.
	+ If there are sufficient upgrades (garrison size and resilience), the garrison can be left at the resin source while the player is running the maze. That way the path will be clear right away on the way back down with the reward.

## **Tips**

* Make sure the Queen Bee has a sleeping thought bubble (ZzZ) before grabbing a reward. If the reward is grabbed before the thought bubble appears, the attack bees will be summoned despite the geranium being present.

* Try using a stylus to increase visibility of the screen. A PC Android emulator with a mouse is another option to help with visibility.

* Do the maze while the co-op, no termite timer reward is active. This removes termites from the map and helps reduce lag.

* If the timer runs out just as the player is exiting the beehive, get as far away from the entrance as possible before the bees attack. Do not re-activate bee essence. Recruit soldiers, lead them back up the tree and use them to distract the bees in order to place the garrison as close to the entrance as possible. Once the garrison is there, run in and quickly grab the reward. This might need to be repeated a few times.

## Trivia

* Geranium cannot be taken out of the beehive.
* It's not the Queen Bee who attacks the player ant if a reward is taken without the Geranium, it is the same bee which appears if the timer runs out.
* The Resin/Honeydew/Pheromone Shop icon is grayed out (blocked) while inside the beehive.
* The bee hive was added to the game on 16-Nov-2020 as part of the **Resin Update - Part II**, v0.0586