Vibrant Bee
"The 'Vibrant' bee has evolved a way to cool itself using water from the environment, allowing it to operate at a slightly higher metabolic rate than its 'Common' cousins."
The Vibrant Bee is a Tier 2 Social Bee species found by cross-breeding.
Like the Verdant Bee it has no major requirements and acts as one of the introductory species for learning how cross-breeding works.
Traits
These are the different Traits that the Vibrant Bee can spawn with.
When a trait has multiple values one is picked randomly when the bee is created.
Lifespan Normal, Long
Productivity Slow
Fertility Fertile, Fecund
Stability Normal, Stable
Behaviour Diurnal
Climate Temperate
Hints
The Apiarist's Almanac gives the following hint:
This is a rare species nowadays - old almanacks describe a Communia and Paene mix..
When asking Dr Beenjamin BhD for a hint he says the following:
Vibrant Bees? You're telling me you haven't even cross-bred Common and Verge yet? Pah!
HOHO! SPOILERS AHEAD MATEY!!
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Special Produce
When a Vibrant Bee is used in a Basic Apiary and fills Frames, they can produce when extracted.
Cross-breeding
When Cross-Breeding the Vibrant 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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