The Queen Bee is a mini-boss type enemy found only within the sub-area of a Bee Hive.
Behavior
Queen Bees are easily distinguishable from their subjects due to their large size and small crown on their head.
With 10 HP, stomp immunity without Spike Shoes, erratic movement, and the capability of dealing 2 damage per hit, she is a formidable foe.
Upon killing her, she will drop a Royal Jelly, which will heal the player for 6 HP.
Strategy
Due to the nature of her spawn location, there are many different ways to easily kill her:
- Abusing the invincibility frames that the sub-area door gives the player to attack her
- Throwing a single Paste Bomb at her
- Using the entrance from another sub-area to safely retreat and attack her with a ranged weapon
- Taking advantage of her huge size and getting into a position that she is too large to reach
| Dwelling | Snake | Spider | Bat | Caveman | Skeleton | Horned Lizard | Cave Mole | Quillback |
|---|---|
| The Jungle | Mantrap | Tiki Man | Witch Doctor | Mosquito | Monkey | Hang Spider | Giant Spider |
| Volcana | Magmar | Robot | Fire Bug | Imp | Lavamander | Vampire | Vlad |
| Olmec's Lair | Olmec |
| Tide Pool | Jiang Shi | Jiangshi Assassin | Flying Fish | Octopy | Hermit Crab | Pangxie | Great Humphead |
| Abzu | Kingu |
| Temple of Anubis | Croc Man | Cobra | Mummy | Sorceress | Cat Mummy | Necromancer | Anubis |
| Duat | Ammit | Apep | Anubis II | Osiris |
| The Ice Caves | UFO | Alien | Yeti | Yeti King | Yeti Queen | Lahamu | Proto Shopkeeper |
| Neo Babylon | Olmite | Lamassu | Tiamat |
| Sunken City | Tadpole | Frog | Fire Frog | Goliath Frog | Grub | Giant Fly | Hundun |
| Eggplant World | Eggplant Minister | Eggplup |
| Cosmic Ocean | Celestial Jelly |
| Miscellaneous | Scorpion | Bee | Queen Bee | Leprechaun | The Ghost | Mech Rider |
The Queen Bee is a mini-boss enemy that can sometimes be found in levels of the Jungle, inside colossal beehives. She resembles her Killer Bee brethren, but is larger, and has red eyes instead of the Killer Bees' usual blue.
She is tough and dangerous, with 10 HP, the ability to fly erratically and a powerful stinger that does 2 points of damage. Furthermore, she is always accompanied by a swarm of regular Killer Bees that will protect her with their lives. She is immune to stomp attacks unless the Spelunker is wearing Spike Shoes.
However, should you manage to kill her, she will drop precious Royal Jelly which instantly grants 4 HP when collected.
In addition, beehives are usually filled with treasure, supply crates and occasionally Damsels, making it worth your while to explore them.
Strategy
The Queen Bee's weakness.
There are a number of ways to slay her safely, such as:
- Retreating to a safe distance with a ranged weapon.
- Luring her into Tiki Traps or a worm's tongue.
- A well placed Sticky Bomb.
- Combo-ing spike boot stomps (make sure you have generous space above you).
