Bee Yokai

**Bee Yokai** is a variation of the Insect Yokai who are known for their loyalty to the Queen Bee.

## Physical Appearance

Bee Yokai has an anthropomorphic form. They have four arms, antennae on their heads, bee like wings, and a bee like abdomen that comes with the stinger. Their eyes has hexagon-shaped pupils. Queen Bees are physically taller then normal Bee Yokai. They have a well-endowed body and they usually wear royalty attire like crowns and dresses. Their wings and abdomen are also larger then normal bees.

## Description

Queen Bee Yokai are the rulers of their hive communities. They produce the Bee Yokai via laying eggs and are the ones who puts them in various jobs. Bee Yokai follow the queen's every order without questioning. Their honey is said to be highly nutrious and are used for various things. Specifically for healing, for baking and cooking, and even used to make traps. Bee Yokai are known to be one of the most hardworking species in the Hidden World because of their extreme loyalty to their respective queens.

## Abilities

Here are the abilities that Bee Yokai can have in their arsenal:

* Double-Edged Power
	+ Stinger Protrusion
		- Poison Generation
* Enhanced Body
	+ Enhanced Agility
	+ Enhanced Reflexes
	+ Enhanced Speed
	+ Enhanced Strength
* Enhanced Vision
* Lunglessness
* Hive Mind
* Seismic Sense
* Size Reduction
* Wallcrawling
* Wing Manifestation/Flight
* Vibration Emission

### Associations

* Alcohol Manipulation - mead
* Architecture Manipulation
* Honey Manipulation
* Insect Physiology
* Rhythm Manipulation
* Sugar Manipulation

Honey-bees and honey figure prominently in mythology and folklore and are associated to several abilities: Immortality, Resurrection, Enhanced Wisdom, Cycle Manipulation, Ritual Magic, Healing, Eloquence, Diligence, Divination, Medicine Manipulation, Music Manipulation, Order Manipulation, Probabilistic Equilibrium, Society Manipulation, Survival Intuition, Underworld Path, Guardianship, Monetary Manipulation, Knowledge Manipulation.

## Pop Culture

In some cartoons, the character would accidentally hit a beehive. The bees will then start chasing the character to attack them for hitting their beehive. When the bees sting the character, they would be covered in sting bumps. Combee and Vespiquen from Pokemon are based on the bees. Pollen from Miraculous Ladybug is the Kwami of Subjection. She inhabits the Bee Miraculous which is a hair comb. Anyone who wields the Bee Miraculous will become a bee-themed superhero (Chloe=Queen Bee/Zoe=Vesperia). Charmy from Sonic the Hedgehog is a bee. Mario can transform into Bee Mario via the Bee Mushroom.

## Variations

### Insect Yokai

Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their role in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea. They are presently considered a clade, called Anthophila.

## Life in the Hidden World

Bee Yokai can work as merchants, bakers, nurses, and many more. Some work as bodyguards for the Queen Bee Yokai. Protecting her from anyone who tries to harm the queen. They live in large hive-like homes which can hold entire communities of Bee Yokai. Like their Surface World counterparts, they collect nectar from various flowers and turn the pollen nectar into honey. They then ship the honey to all the other regions of the Hidden World so it can be sold in marketplaces. They have a symbiotic relationship with Alraunes. The Alraune will let the Bee Yokai take some nectar from their flowers and in return, they protect them from many elements such as rain.

## Symbolism

When Bee appears in your life, the most common message it carries has to do with your levels of productivity. Sometimes we are doing too much, and in others not enough. Bee Spirit has a strong work ethic, but it also knows the importance of stopping and smelling the flowers. There is a time to enjoy life’s nectar and a time to grab after the proverbial brass ring with vehemence. Bee helps with both, and in finding the delicate balance between the two.

Technically speaking, Bee should not be able to fly – it’s designed all wrong aerodynamically. From a spiritual perspective, this speaks of our limitations and how to move past them successfully. It’s doubtful that Bee knows it shouldn’t fly – it simply DOES, and so can you.

Thus Bee meaning can also be said to relate to miracles. Have you gotten stuck in the buzz of the daily grind? Bee spiritual meaning pertains to this as well, yet Bee also reminds us to not forget that miracles do happen every day. Such as Bee’s ability to fly, against all rational calculations.

Remember this the next time you find yourself confined by expectations of what others think you “should” be able to do.

Bee fits a very specific role in nature pollinating other plants; this is necessary to the on-going life cycle of many crops. It also delivers humans with wax and honey, giving Bee the additional symbolic value of providence. Einstein believed so deeply in the importance of Bees to the ecosystem that he predicted if Bees disappeared, humans would not survive more than four years afterward.

The pollination process also symbolizes our social nature. Bees live and work as a community. As they go from flower to flower, that progression enriches the world. Bee people very often become motivational speakers, teachers, healers and lightworkers for the greater global village. Their language of love is mindful service.

A Bee’s honeycomb represents the Heart Chakra and life’s sweetness. Bee has strong ties to the sun, light, and warmth; this creature is sacred to Kama, the God of Love in Hinduism, and epitomizes the Eleusinian Mysteries of Greece, honoring Demeter and Persephone.