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 Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:25 pm
❁》➠CURRENT STATUS;07/15/2013; Research, research, research, on both the setting and on bees and apiculture. Also playin around with some decorations. (Is that a corny enough title? hahaha.)
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:28 pm
Your Keeper
XXXCharacter name: Amelia sumthinruther
XXXAge: Adult, but young. Probably early 20s.
XXXRegion: Imisus
XXXAppearance: plain but sort of pretty
XXXPersonality: insatiably curious, but that is to be expected. Acceptably skilled at menial and womanly tasks but has a true passion for learning. Very irritated by interruptions and inefficiency. Willful.
XXXHistory: had a pretty decent education in her early years and continued studying on her own. Writes the occasional paper, attempting to garner some attention in her field, perhaps enough to move to the capitol, but no dice so far. Parents are supportive of her studies [but also keep trying to marry her off. She's annoyed or scared every suitor away so far. It's only a matter of time until they succeed, though.] (uncertain, may be cut)
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:29 pm
Your Plague
XXXItem: a bee, either worker or a young queen
XXXItem history: Lived in a cultured hive, and generally had a good time of it until the apiarist caught his death. Only one bee out of the thousands was affected in any way. She flew out from her hive, under a strange new compulsion, and is now firmly lodged in the bonnet of a young scientist, though not literally. Most of the time.
XXXPersonality: hang on gonna throw down some notes on beehavior
XXXPersonality: One of the largest differences in behavior between honey bees and other bees and wasps is how they go about forming a new colony. Honey bee queens mate in a swarm, comprised not only of the queen and her drones, but also a tithe of the workers. For up to three days, the swarm lives outside while some of the workers scout out a place to build a new hive, communicating its location (and possibly features?) through a waggle dance. Then, when they reach a majority consensus, the swarm flies off to its new home and starts building. Indicates; use of and reliance on social order, division of labor and specialization, etc.
XXXPersonality: Honey bees work together very efficiently. They gather and store food, maintain the hive's temperature, clean the hive, care for their young, and doubtless perform many other tasks quickly and with astounding coordination. Tasks are divided based on the age of the worker bee in question; the youngest, with their royal jelly glands still functioning, feed the larvae; in middle age, they seem to be relegated to some form of governance and overseeing; the eldest of the workers are sent out to forage. The bees are very meticulous about where they store what, with the brood having a comb separate from the honey stores. Even in a young colony, the brood is laid first in the bottom, while the honey is temporarily stored in the top while combs devoted to honey storage are built. The amount of space between combs is kept incredibly regular, with just enough room for one layer of bees to traverse the honey storage and presumably a larger gap around the brood comb. The majority of the comb's cells are horizontal; any vertical cells are for rearing queens, and are called queen cups. Indicates; extreme neatness, attention to detail, and social-mindedness. Probably pretty grounded, having good common sense. Possibly motherly and nurturing? After some development? If worker, mirror bees' duties through growth in some way?
XXXPersonality: The likelihood of a bee stinging is described as its 'temper', and different strains of bees vary in this regard.Some strains will retreat into their hive when threatened, instead of rushing out to sting invaders. Indicates; several possibilities for levels of violence.
XXXConcept ideas: Not nearly so many stripes as one would think. Some coarse fur trim, but not much, mostly wrists and ankles. Two pair of arms, and perhaps wings.
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Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 6:58 am
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