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"The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others"
Saint John Chrysostom, 347 - 407
The power and industry of the bee is a symbol for a competent society. All the pieces, working together as though with one mind, taking the mundane nectar of flowers and turning it into something truly magical. By learning Bee Keeping, a pilgrim will be able to build Bee Skeps and raise hives of their own. Active Bee Skeps help pollinate a Fruit Tree in Everbloom.
Beekeeping
Both  Queen Bees and  Drone Bees can be acquired by chance when picking  Any Flower in the wild. A Queen Bee is significantly rarer than a Drone Bee.
A working  Bee Skep will pollinate nearby  Fruit Trees during an Everbloom. A Bee Skep is a better pollinator than a  Butterfly Conservatory, although a Butterfly Conservatory has a longer range. The Purity of pollinated Fruit Trees will slowly move towards the Purity of the Bee Skep. The Purity of a Bee Skep is equal to the Purity of the  Hay used in it's construction.
To get your Bee Skep working you must place a Queen Bee and at least 8x Drone Bees into the Skep. Only then will your Bee Skep to begin accumulating Worker Bees. How well your Bee Skep pollinates, and how many  Honeycomb it produces, is proportionate to its number of Worker Bees. Worker Bees accumulate up to a maximum of 60,000. It is natural for your Drone Bees and even occasionally your Queen Bee to die inside your Bee Skep, especially during a Coldsnap, but as long as you have Worker Bees the Bee Skep will continue to pollinate. Additionally, once your Bee Skep reaches 60,000 Worker Bees you may voluntarily move your Queen Bee and Drone Bees to another Bee Skep to get it working as well.
Queen Bees, Drone Bees,  Delphic Bees, and  Royal Jelly will occasionally spawn inside a working Bee Skep. Having more than one Queen Bee, or any Delphic Bees in your Bee Skep may cause your Bee Skep to begin losing Worker Bees. Remove them when you see them. Opening a working Bee Skep will cause you to get stung. The severity of the sting is proportionate to the number of Worker Bees in the Bee Skep; generally around 10-15 Blood damage.
Caution! Checking your Bee Skep too often will annoy the Bees and potentially lead to colony collapse. It is recommended you only check your Bee Skep at most, once a day.
A Bee Skep can be  Destroyed to receive Honeycomb. Once the Bee Skep has been Destroyed, right-click it and select "Extract Honey". 20x Honeycomb are received from Destroying a fully working Bee Skep. Right-clicking a Honeycomb and selecting "Drain" will give you .1 liters of  Honey and 1x  Beeswax. An empty Vessel, or one already containing Honey must be in your inventory when Draining a Honeycomb, otherwise the Honey will be lost. This will destroy the Honeycomb.
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