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Queen Bee used to supply the palace guards with Queen Bee Cider, to help them regain strength and stamina.
At some point after the Shadow Lord's invasion of Deltora, she and her sons, Steven and Nevets, became allies of the Resistance. They supplied the Resistance with Quality Brand Honey, which contains special healing properties.
The Shifting Sands
Lief, Barda, and Jasmine stumble upon her orchard and help themselves to nine of her apples. Queen Bee tracks them down and demands they give them back, but the companions had eaten all but three. Enraged, Queen Bee unleashes her swarms of bees to kill them, but Jasmine drops her money bag. Queen Bee accepts the bag as payment, despite the contents being worth much more than what they ate. She begins to inquire as to where the companions came from, but upon seeing the smoking ruins of the City of the Rats, tells them to go and that she never saw them.
Later, in the Shifting Sands, Lief sees Queen Bee in a dream, and is reminded of how she uses smoke to subdue her bees.[1]
Return to Del
When Doom sent word to the Resistance to meet at Withick Mire, Queen Bee was one of the members informed. While she did not attend herself, she did use her bees to further pass along the message to Manus.[2]
The Sister of the South
Queen Bee attended the wedding of Lief and Jasmine.[3]
Queen Bee is fiercely protective of her apples and honey. Stealing so much as to bring her quota down by one stalk causes her to fly into a rage, and she's not above letting her bees kill those who do not return what they took. Nevertheless, she is willing to help the Resistance despite the risks to herself and her sons.[1]
Abilities
Queen Bee is the only producer of Queen Bee Cider, (Queen Bee Nectar in the anime) and Quality Brand Honey. The cider acts as a strength enhancing drink, and the honey has healing properties. She can also give commands to her bees, ranging from attacking intruders to carrying messages. She does not have complete control, as she told the companions she still needs to use smoke to take honey from their hives.
It's possible that this control over bees might be from her Plains blood.
