Honeybee
Fast, striped and permanently in a hurry.
Common bugs are free to play. The game shows how to get each one.
Passive: Pollen Run
+10% grass value; grass pickup radius +15%.
A passive is always on: you never fire it and it never runs out. It is what the Honeybee does that no other bug does quite the same way.
Stats
Stats are multipliers on the standard bug, which is ×1.00 in everything (the game shows them as percentages: ×1.14 is 114%). Turn is Agility in the game. For Boost drain, lower is cheaper.
| Stat | Honeybee | Compared with the standard bug |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | ×1.12 | 12% faster |
| Turn | ×1.00 | the standard |
| Bulk | ×0.95 | 5% thinner |
| Growth | ×1.05 | 5% more from food |
| Boost | ×1.05 | boosts 5% faster |
| Boost drain | ×0.90 | boosting costs 10% less |
| Spawn mass | 18 | the standard |
Power-ups
Every bug has 5 power-up slots. The Honeybee can carry 9 of the game's 18 power-ups: the 5 core ones every bug carries, and 4 more that its traits from the real animal allow. Its traits are flier, hive, stinger and fast.
Venom Trail
For 8s you leave lingering venom clouds behind you that squish any head entering them.
From its stinger trait.
Hyperdash
Instantly teleport 420u forward; for 0.4s only the wall can kill you.
From its fast and flier traits.
Colony Split
Spawns 2 allied bugs that hunt and forage for you for 20s, funnelling food back to your mass.
From its hive trait.
Stinger Strike
Instant jab at the nearest enemy head in front of you (160u): stunned 1.4s, slowed 50% for 3s and pushed back. Never squishes.
From its stinger trait.
Core power-ups: Nitro Wings, Molt Husks, Phase Shift, Pheromone Call, Shockwave.
How bots play it
Bots fill every seat no player is using. A bot playing the Honeybee plays it as a Territorial. Patrols a home range around where it was born (a Colony Split ally: around its leader) and hunts only intruders in it.
Other territorial bugs: Ant, Fire Ant, Termite, Bullet Ant.
Skins
The Honeybee has 7 skins. A skin changes only how it looks, never how it plays. See them in the full skin gallery.
Royal Honeybee
Gold and violet, fit for the hive's queen: a golden abdomen with deep violet stripes and pale lilac trim.
Midnight Honeybee
A midnight-navy bee striped and trimmed in soft gold.
Red Dwarf Honeybee
The red dwarf honeybee of South Asia: a rust-orange abdomen banded in cream behind a dark thorax.
Carniolan Honeybee
The grey Carniolan honeybee: a silver-taupe abdomen, charcoal bands and a thicker coat of fuzz.
Emerald Honeybee
Inspired by the metallic orchid bees: a sleek emerald body with gold bands, gold diamonds and gold eyes.
Holly Honeybee
A deep holly-green bee with slim berry-red bands, a row of red berries between them, and a snow-dusted thorax and head.
Candy Corn Honeybee
Sweet as a trick-or-treat bag: candy-corn yellow with orange stripes and a creamy white tip.
The real animal
The Honeybee in buggs.io is based on Apis mellifera, and its traits come from what the real animal does. Read about it on Wikipedia.