Wintry Bee

Wintry Bee
Coagapis brumalis
Product	Production Speed: 2.5 min
Required Humidity	Normal
Required Temperature	Icy
Pollinates With	Snow
Effect	Freezing
Branch	Frozen
Source Hive	Snowy Hive
Source Mod	Forestry
Possible Descendants	8 Species

Wintry Bees are a common type of bee found in Snow Beehives. They are bred in an Apiary or Alveary.

When breaking a Wintry Beehive with a Scoop, it will drop a Wintry Princess with an 80% chance of also dropping a Wintry Drone. Wintry Drones can also be found in Igloo chests (1-3, 20%). These can then be bred in an Apiary or an Alveary to produce a Wintry Queen. Breeding them with different species can result in new mutations.

Snow Hives are typically found in snowy biomes, such as Taiga, Ice Plains, Ice Mountains and Snow Forests.

Wintry bees have the "Freezing" Effect which will turn water on their territory into ice. They do not work at night, underground or when it is raining unless bred to do so.

Production

Wintry Bees produce Frozen Combs which can be made into Honey Drops, which then can be used in a Beealyzer as well as other Bee related machinery.

Requirements

Wintry Bees require an icy to cold temperature and normal humidity to start working. Their tolerance can be increased through selective breeding or an Acclimatiser.

They require at least one regular block of Snow in addition to normal flowers near their hive to start working.

Genetics

The traits below are correct for pure-bred Wintry Bees:

Genetic Traits
Climate / Humidity	Icy / Normal
Temp. Tol / Humid. Tol.	+-1 / None
Lifespan	Short
Speed	Slower
Pollination	Slowest
Flowers	Snow
Fertility	4 Drones
Area	9 x 6 x 9
Diurnal / Nocturnal / Flyer / Cave	Yes / No / No / No
Effect	Freezing

Further Mutations

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Breeding Pair	Chance	Result
x Wintry + Hive Bee (Forest, Meadows, Modest, Tropical, Marshy, Water, Rocky, Marbled, or Embittered)	15%	Common
x Wintry + Common	12%	Cultivated
x Wintry + Industrious	12%	Icy
x Wintry + Icy	8%	Glacial
x Wintry + Forest Can only be bred around Christmas	10%	Merry
x Wintry + Meadows Can only be bred around New Years	10%	Tipsy
x Wintry + Diligent	10%	Frigid
x Wintry + Valiant	5%	Bleached