Barnabee
"What's buzzin', cousin? Absolutely swell to meet a fellow scholar!"
Barnabee is your cool older cousin and a fellow apicologist - a bee scientist. Although their focus is theoretical, rather than practical apiculture research, they are supportive and excited about your field discoveries.
Barnabee works under the academic guidance of Dr Beenjamin BhD, although neither of them have a glowing opinion about the other!
Like most NPCs, Barnabee can be picked up with a 
to be moved to other places.
Barnabee
(He/They)
Shop
You can buy the following items from Barnabee at any time:
Barnabee will sell singular Bees, picked randomly from all the bees that the player discovered, charging the Rubees amount equal to Bee Tier x 10. Hey, houses are expensive and someone keeps stealing them in port APICO.You can also buy the following special items from the "specials" section, that is always on a rotation every 10 minutes:
Dialogue
When you speak to Barnabee, they'll give the following lines of dialogue, based on certain actions you've taken or items you've collected/crafted:
| Trigger | Dialogue |
|---|---|
| Greeting | What's buzzin', cousin? |
| Default Dialogue | Absolutely swell to meet a fellow scholar! |
| 4 species discovered | Oh, don't you mind the Professor. Four species is ace in my book, and don't let him tell you otherwise! |
| 6 species discovered | Jeez Louise, six species! You were born for this - I can tell. |
| Dream Bee discovered | Nice going on the Dream bee - the Professor can't ignore the evidence anymore - She IS real! |
| 8 species discovered | Get a load of you - eight species discovered already; it's EXCITING isn't it! ...Oh! No... sorry... I can't lend you the boat either. |
| 9 species discovered (at least 1 from the swamps) | Mud builds character, eh? I can't remember the last time HE went through the wringer... ...ah, dang nabit. I'm really sorry - it's been a long day! Congratulations on your first adventure to the Swamps! |
| 12 species discovered | Real talk, Beenjamin doesn't care for carrying torches, but I know he's impressed. And so he should be! Twelve bees... almost as many as me and I've been doing this for years! |
| 16 species discovered (one swamp + one polar) | Say, not to pass the buck from the fuddy-duddy, but would you consider taking on an apprentice? No? A few tips then, ha ha? |
| All tier 1, 2, and 3 bees | Jeez {PLAYER.NAME}, now you're just gammin'! The Professor's books... I've never even heard of some of these bees! |
| 33 species discovered | Hey hotshot! You're discovering bees faster than they can write books about them. Maybee I need to give field work a shot after all! |
| Hivemother's Door opened | Spoilers - Show Dialogue I knew it! I KNEW IT! The Professor can't ignore this - we need to take him to see Her!
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