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[[File:Vermin-Honeybee.jpg|thumb|left|Admired for its busy nature.]]
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[[File:Vermin-Honeybee.jpg|thumb|left|Admired for its busy nature.]]On embarks with natural honey bee hives, dwarves with the [[beekeeper]] skill enabled can transfer the bees into artificial [[hive]]s. These artificial hives can be built at the [[craftsdwarf's workshop]], [[metalsmith's forge]], [[glass furnace]], or [[kiln]]. Once the artificial hive is built, it can be set to either allow collection of hive products (which destroys the occupying colony) or not (which allows the colony to grow so that it may be split, placing the new colony into another hive). In order to collect hive products, the dwarves must have at least two [[jug]]s available to process the [[royal jelly]] - if only a single jug is available, the dwarf will be unable to process the hive. When a Beekeeper collects the hive products, the colony (not the hive construction!) is destroyed, one jug is filled with royal jelly, and a [[honeycomb]] is produced. The honeycomb can then be pressed at a [[screw press]] in order to collect [[honey]] and [[wax]]. The royal jelly can be sold to elves (who are suckers for holistic medicine) or cooked into prepared meals.
  
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'''Honey bees''' are a type of vermin. They are found in any area that isn't freezing and can spawn after embark even if not originally present. Their wild colonies can be transferred into artificial [[hive]]s and used in the [[beekeeping industry]] producing [[royal jelly]], [[honey]] and [[wax]] as end products. They can sting a nearby dwarf resulting in the death of the bee and causing slight pain but no negative [[thought]] for the dwarf.  This sometimes results in the Recover Wounded task, which may actually give a good thought to the stung dwarf.
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Honey bee colonies can spawn on embark locations, regardless if there are any there originally or not.
  
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There are often tens of thousands inside mature hives. They are not killed by cats, however, they can fill up your refuse stockpile if dwarves are regularly stung by them.  
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A dwarf being stung by a bee does ''not'' create an unhappy [[thought]].
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