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A '''killer bee''', {{yellow|a}}, is a [[monster]] which is usually generated in large groups. They tend to be faster than you, so they can get more than one sting in each turn. Sometimes their sting is poisoned, which can kill you if you are not resistant.
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A '''killer bee''' is a [[monster]] which is usually generated in large groups. They tend to be faster than you, so they can get more than one sting in each turn. Sometimes their sting is poisoned, which can kill you if you are not resistant.
  
 
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Although killer bee corpses are poisonous, they offer a high chance (30%) of granting poison resistance, which you might like to take advantage of if you have a temporary source of poison resistance like an [[amulet versus poison]] or a [[ring of poison resistance]].
 
Although killer bee corpses are poisonous, they offer a high chance (30%) of granting poison resistance, which you might like to take advantage of if you have a temporary source of poison resistance like an [[amulet versus poison]] or a [[ring of poison resistance]].
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This giant variety of its useful normal cousin normally
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appears in small groups, looking for raw material to produce
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the royal jelly needed to feed their queen.  On rare
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occasions, one may stumble upon a bee-hive, in which the
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queen bee is being well provided for, and guarded against
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intruders.
  
 
==See also==
 
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Revision as of 23:15, 28 December 2006

A killer bee is a monster which is usually generated in large groups. They tend to be faster than you, so they can get more than one sting in each turn. Sometimes their sting is poisoned, which can kill you if you are not resistant.

Strategy

Killer bees are fast, but weak. A medium-level character with a good chance to hit can often finish them off in one hit. This works best if you fight them in corridors where only one can sting you at a time. For low-level, slow, burdened or non-poison-resistant characters, discretion is the better part of valor. Have an escape route handy if you find yourself suddenly surrounded by these little nasties.

Although killer bee corpses are poisonous, they offer a high chance (30%) of granting poison resistance, which you might like to take advantage of if you have a temporary source of poison resistance like an amulet versus poison or a ring of poison resistance.

Encyclopedia 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.

See also