\n\nThe bees orbit you for 6 seconds and inflict 120 damage each every 0.6 seconds each to anything near them by firing short-ranged beams at them (range of 4.5 tiles). These beams are not projectiles, so will never miss. Each bee will perform this damage separately, so at 0 defense this helm will give 600 dps. Note that the bees' damage **does not ignore defense**. In addition, after being active for 1.6 seconds the red bee's next attacks will apply the Curse effect. However, the Curse can only affect up to 3 targets at any given time.\n\nOverall, this helm is useful when DPS is your main priority and speed \/ survivability are not. These bees can churn immense DPS, along with a curse effect, not to mention that curse increases the bee's damage output. It can also be desirable in fights like the [Killer Bee Queen](\/wiki\/killer-bee-queen) or [Marble Colossus](\/wiki\/marble-colossus), where the mobility from a tiered helm would be detrimental\n\nHistory<\/b>\nBefore {{template-release|exaltVersion=1.5.0.0}}, this item had a cooldown of 7.5 seconds, the Red Bee only had a 50% chance of applying Curse, and the bees were not summons.\n\n{{template-helm-navigation}}\n\n"],[[],[]]);initializeCookieConsentBanner("e");