Circuit Bees are the evolved descendants of the earth honeybee found within the moons of the Thistle Nebula.
Anatomy[]
Also referred to as red bees, circuit bees are primarily red insects with two sets of wings. Their larger red eyes and darkened bodies have them vaguely resemble an insect more akin to a fly than a bee.
Behavior[]
Like their ancestors, the circuit bees live within a hive-like social structure and are highly valuable pollinators as well to their ecosystem: flying between various plants to collect nectar and bring it back to hive to make honey and store it within there. The hives themselves are waxy, and unlike earth honeybees, they made their hives on the ground rather than high in the trees. Hives of circuit bees are made up of the queen bee within the hive, numerous drone bees, and numerous other bees that collect nectar and protect the hive from danger.
A hive of circuit bees is able to sense a threat from several miles away, and if an animal gets too close, they will swiftly swarm the creature to try and drive it away. These swarms completely abandon the drones and queen at the hive, but this is compensated by a highly dangerous form of biological weaponry: when rubbing their wings together, or rubbing against eachother, they are able to create a natural form of electrostatic charge. The exact charge of this electricity is still under study, but many accounts say that a swarm is quickly able to kill a full-grown human in a very short time due to this. Circuit bees can swarm for hours at a time until the threat goes away, to which they return to normal and return to the hive. This electrostatic ability is even able to start fires within its habitat, though this is exceptionally rare.