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Warrior Bees always drop a portal to the Hive, they are found in the Midlands.
They are not to be confused with Wasp Queens. This enemy also drops portals to the Hive, but don’t have a guaranteed chance to do so.
The Hive Key (
) can also be purchased in the Nexus for 50 
.
The boss can drop 2 honey themed UT’s; the Honey Scepter and the Orb of Sweet Demise. The Honey Scepter’s only redeeming quality is that it hits more targets than any other Scepter. However, it’s lackluster damage for general use makes it very weak, though it’s still good for quick crowd clearing early-game. Meawhile, the Orb of Sweet Demise actually has more utility even through mid-game, as it’s one of the few orbs to inflict 
Slowed and Stasis simultaneously. Due to its short but spammable ability along with its common drop rate from an early-game dungeon, it can legitimately be used as a swapout mobility-impairing orb midgame, at least until a better one is found.
The boss of the Hive has small chance of dropping Potions of Dexterity. While it is a useful stat increase potion to gain early on, the inconsistent drop rate of the potion makes the Hive a poor source of DEX pots. It’s good if you get the potion, but it doesn’t warrant farming Hives for it.
Bottled Honey is a consumable exclusive to the Hive. It simply grants 
Healing for a short period of time, which can be useful when there are no Palladins or Priests around.
The boss also has a very rare chance of dropping the Bee Pet Skin, a nice drop the first time and good pet feedpower for every consecutive drop.
The following is a table of notable drops from each enemy (if any):
The layout of the Hive is somewhat maze-like, although it is still easy to get to the boss. Patches of honey litter the edges of rooms and even in between them at points, greatly reducing mobility. Avoid stepping in honey and follow the quest marker as locating the boss shouldn’t be difficult.
The main challenge of getting to the Boss are the bees which spawn in large quantities, dealing pretty high amounts of damage, and having erratic movements, making them fairly dangerous and difficult to kill.
The Fat Angry Bees (which have a chance to spawn when a Fat Bee is killed) deal less damage, but inflict 
Bleeding. The Fat Bees spawn from Mini Hives (see below), which are found around the dungeon, and maggots (below again), which spawn when their eggs (spawned by the boss) are broken. Thus, if you are clearing the dungeon, it would be crucial to destroy the Mini Hives first. As for dealing with the bees themselves, there is nothing much to say, except to just be mindful of your health at all times, avoiding rushing unless you know you can, and being patient to regenerate your health when you need to. The bees can easily kill you quickly if you walk into large groups of them! Lastly, do not underestimate Small Bees: despite their small size, they still do pack a punch, so do be careful!
Mini Hives spawn Small bees and Fat bees. Usually located around the center of a room, they have a guaranteed drop of Bottled Honey. This is really useful for rushers as they can just drop by a Mini Hive, break it, drink the honey, and continue rushing. As for those clearing the dungeon, make sure to destroy these first before clearing the bees.
Note that these are rarer than other enemies, and will not be found too often.
The Queen Bee has two phases. It starts by shooting black bolts all around it. They deal around the same damage as the fat bees’ attacks. They’re pretty short ranged, so just avoid sitting on her and you should be fine. Those shots are then followed by a red bomb, which deal a ton of damage, so make sure to avoid them. Next, she chases the closest player while firing bursts of 3 honey shots. They do the same damage as the black bolts, but inflict 
Dazed (which reduces your firing speed by a large amount), so make sure to avoid those, as they just make the process of killing her much longer. After that, she fires another red bomb, and the cycle repeats.
At the same time, she throws bombs that spawn Maggot Eggs. Breaking them spawns Maggots, which aren’t really dangerous except for their Slowing effect. However, after precisely 10 seconds, these Maggots turn into Fat Bees. With some time, the Fat Bees that spawn can easily overwhelm you. So just avoid shooting the maggot eggs, and if you do, kill the maggots quickly.
However, there are some things that make it really difficult to kill her. Firstly, she is always 
Invulnerable in between phases. Secondly, she has really erratic movements. And of course, as before mentioned, she can Daze you with her honey shots. So time your attacks well, and with good enough tracking and dodging, she shouldn’t be too hard to take down. Do note that having a decently tiered armor and weapon is pretty necessary. (at least T3 is recommended)
The Hive is a fairly difficult early-game dungeon that provides somewhat useful UT abilities, consumables, and a chance at a stat pot early on. Just avoid getting overwhelmed by the sheer amount of bees and don’t step in honey for too long.
