Bee

Bees are very fast NetHack monsters, always appearing in large swarms and possessing the overall glyph of a along with ants and giant beetles.

• a killer bee
• a queen bee

Encyclopaedia entry

This giant variety of its useful normal cousin normally
appears in small groups, looking for raw material to produce
the royal jelly needed to feed their queen.  On rare
occasions, one may stumble upon a bee-hive, in which the
queen bee is being well provided for, and guarded against
intruders.

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