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Bees got no business getting that big.

Woodie

The Bee Queen is a Boss Monster exclusive to Don't Starve Together, introduced in A New Reign. She has the appearance of a gigantic Bee with two large wings, a stinger, black and yellow stripes on her thorax and a beehive on her abdomen. The Bee Queen is spawned after a Gigantic Beehive is Hammered sufficiently. She will emerge from the hive, leaving a honey blotch behind. She immediately spawns Grumble Bees, and will auto-target any player that approaches.

If left alone long enough without being attacked, the Bee Queen will return to her patch and replant herself. The Gigantic Beehive can be immediately hammered again to respawn her.

Upon death, the Bee Queen drops 3-4 Honey, 1-2 Honeycomb, 1 Stinger, 6-7 Royal Jelly, a Bee Queen Crown, and the rare Blueprint for Bundling Wraps.

The Bee Queen deals 10 more damage to Walter due to his allergy to bees.

Brain Behavior

She attacks by initially spawning 4-5 Grumble Bees at a time. Grumble Bees attack the player, with the Bee Queen in pursuit. In close range, the Bee Queen can stab the player with her stinger, dealing 60 damage. Since she is considered a bee, the damage she deals is reduced by a Beekeeper Hat.

The amount of Grumble Bees she spawns will increase as her health decreases, reaching up to 8 at a time in the second half of the fight. She will additionally start boosting her minions by screeching. Boosted Grumble Bees attack much faster and are challenging to kite in larger groups.

At 100% to 75% health (22500 to 16875 hp), she spawns a first batch of Grumble Bees. During this part of the fight, only 3 to 6 bees can be present at a time (unless the Bee Queen strays too far from her current bees). Between 75% to 50% health (16875 to 11250 hp), she will spawn another batch of bees, increasing the number of grumble bees to 6 to 9. From 50% to 25% health (11250 to 5625 hp), she will begin screeching. The screeches in this phase usually don't happen so frequently, appearing to be around 30 seconds. The number of minion bees still stays at 6-9. Below 25% health (5625 to 0 hp), she will screech almost constantly, with a time of around 5 seconds before each bout. She will attempt to melee the player with her stinger more frequently while screeching, and the number of minion bees stays at 6-9.

Below is the number of hits it takes with each weapon to kill a Bee Queen when playing with characters with a default damage modifier. The Weather Pain is not included due to the random nature of its projectile.

Number of Hits
Item Bee Queen
Old Bell Reign of Giants icon 23 0 0
Obsidian Coconade Shipwrecked icon 67 0 0
Coconade Shipwrecked icon Hamlet icon 90 0 0
Spear Gun Obsidian Shipwrecked icon 111 - 148 Charged 0 - 0 Charged 0 - 0 Charged
Gunpowder
113 0 0
Bee Mine ≥141 ≥0 ≥0
Spear Gun Battle Shipwrecked icon 142 as Wigfrid Portrait 0 as Wigfrid Portrait 0 as Wigfrid Portrait
Spear Gun Spear Spear Gun Poison Shipwrecked icon 221 0 0
Obsidian Spear Shipwrecked icon 221 - 442 0 - 0 0 - 0
Blow Dart 225 0 0
Electric Dart Don't Starve Together icon 250 (150 Wettargetdamage) 0 (0 Wettargetdamage) 0 (0 Wettargetdamage)
Dark Sword
Glass Cutter Don't Starve Together icon
331 0 0
Cutlass Supreme Shipwrecked iconHamlet icon 331 0 0
Tooth Trap 375 0 0
Pew-matic Horn Hamlet icon 662, 500 or 375 0, 0 or 0 0, 0 or 0
Thulecite Club 379 0 0
Ham Bat 379 - 757 0 - 0 0 - 0
Obsidian Axe Shipwrecked icon 414 - 828 - Charged 0 - 0 - Charged 0 - 0 - Charged
Tentacle Spike

Cursed Rounds MarblesDon't Starve Together icon

442 0 0
Slurtle Slime 450 0 0
Halberd Hamlet icon 510 0 0
Morning Star Reign of Giants icon 520 (312 Wettargetdamage) 0 (0 Wettargetdamage) 0 (0 Wettargetdamage)
Bat Bat
Battle Spear Reign of Giants icon
530 0 0
Bramble Trap Don't Starve Together icon 563 0 0
Spear

Moon Glass Axe Gold Rounds Don't Starve Together icon

662 0 0
Trident Shipwrecked icon 662 (221 Toy Boat) 0 (0 Toy Boat) 0 (0 Toy Boat)
PickSlashAxe 736 0 0
Machete Shipwrecked icon Hamlet icon 753 0 0
Boomerang Axe Pickaxe Brush

Tail o' Three Cats Malbatross Bill Bull Kelp Stalk Don't Starve Together icon

828 0 0
Stalking Stick Hamlet icon 1103 0 0
Eyeshot Shipwrecked icon 1125 0 0
Saddlehorn Hammer Pitchfork Shovel Walking Cane Willow's Lighter Torch

Whirly Fan Driftwood Oar Oar Slow-Down Rounds Pebbles Don't Starve Together icon

1324 0 0
Lucy the Axe 1655 0 0
Bug Net Fishing Rod
5295 0 0

It takes 4 blasts to freeze a Bee Queen with an Ice Staff. It takes 4 Sleep Darts to put Bee Queen to sleep.

Spear Strategy

One of the most common, yet also very resource expensive tactics used to defeat the Bee Queen, is to construct around 20-30 Rabbit Hutches. The player(s) can construct them near the Gigantic Beehive so that the Bunnymen can engage on Bee Queen's awakening. The player should equip them with at least 15 Beekeeper Hats to significantly reduce the damage they are going to take. The Bunnymen will help take out the Grumble Bee minions allowing for the attackers to take focus on the Bee Queen herself. If using this tactic, one must be sure to bring healing items that are not meat, such as Blue Caps, as otherwise the Bunnymen are going to attack the players with said items in the inventory.

A more classic and simple way to deal with the Bee Queen is to use two or more Pan Flutes along with a classic equipment to sleep the Bee Queen and the Grumble Bees when enraged, and then completely focus on the main target while landing hits. This method is particularly effective in cases where there are several players that can sustain the fight fairly easily dealing heavy damage per second, especially for characters specialized in combat, such as Wolfgang or Wigfrid.

If a player in the server is playing as Wendy, Abigail's area attack can deal with the Grumble Bees effectively. The player might want to use the Nightshade Nostrum elixir (crafted exclusively by Wendy) on Abigail or fight during night, preferably during Winter, if the player wishes to use other elixirs and retain Abigail's damage. Wendy players should be careful to heal Abigail throughout the fight while earning time to deal damage to the main target.

Alternatively, if a player is playing Wormwood, Bramble Husks are similarly effective against the Grumble Bees, and have the same armor stats as a Log Suit. Wormwood's ability to make Living Logs makes them relatively easy to produce in bulk, allowing everyone in the fighting party to have access to them to deal large amounts of recoil damage.

Like against other bosses, it's recommended to bring several armor pieces to mitigate most of the damage taken from both the Bee Queen and the Grumble Bees, since it can be difficult to kite in this fight in particular, hence tanking damage can be more beneficial. It is recommended to wear the Beekeeper Hat as it provides the same amount of defense as a Football Helmet while having more than triple the durability. In addition, the player is advised to bring a Walking Cane in order to chase the Bee Queen and/or evade Grumble Bees attacks with more ease.

Honey Honey Trail

Her attacks spawn honey at where attack location for a short amount of time that can slow players movement speed. Because of this, players should avoid going back to the same location after each dodge, instead, go back to a slightly different spot.

She also leaves behind a trail of honey as she moves that slows down the player if they run on it, making it potentially difficult to chase her directly. The honey will eventually disperse in a short time.

Prototype Tips

  • In DST spiders has no interest in Bee Queen


Placeholder Trivia

  • The Bee Queen was introduced in the Cute Fuzzy Animals update.
  • The Bee Queen is the second boss to have her own battle music, the first being Toadstool. Her first battle song later became Dragonfly's, a second song was later added just for her.
  • Her screech attack will scare Pigs.
  • Bee Queen and her Grumble Bees appear to follow blooming Wormwood's flower trail.

Winona's Spotlight Animations

Blueprint Gallery

Gramophone Sounds

The Bee Queen's battle theme.

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