"While the Jurassic Bee evolved, lived and became myth, the Primordial Bee has lived in peaceful isolation, tending to the forgotten roots of the world."

The Primordial Bee is a Tier 4 Social Bee species is a special species found in the underwater Geode Caves.

There are three different underwater areas that have an entrance to a Geode Cave when the sludge is cleared, only one of them has the Primordial Bee inside.

Apis senex

Primordial Bee

Special Produce

Traits

These are the different Traits that the Primordial Bee can spawn with.

When a trait has multiple values one is picked randomly when the bee is created.

Lifespan Long, Ancient

Productivity Slowest, Slow

Fertility Unlucky, Fertile

Stability Unstable, Normal

Behaviour Cathemeral

Climate Temperate

Hints

The Apiarist's Almanac gives the following hint:
This species can only be found in forgotten places, hidden beneath the seabed..

When asking Dr Beenjamin BhD for a hint he says the following:
Primordial huh? Your Grandfather predictied a common ancestor, a precursor of even the Jurassic Bees you found, but I don't know of any places that old. Perhaps the Director might have some ideas?

Special Produce

When a Primordial Bee is used in a Basic Apiary and fills Frames, they can produce when extracted.

Cross-breeding

When Cross-Breeding the Primordial Bee with the following other species there is a chance for the offspring to mutate into a new species!

As with all mutations, the offspring of the hybrid queen needs to also be a hybrid, so this can effect the chances listed below.

HOHO! SPOILERS AHEAD MATEY!!
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