# Beehive
Beehives contain killer bees and one queen bee. Roughly 1/3 of the squares will contain royal jelly. All residents are asleep when the room is generated.

Contents

1 Generation
2 Special levels with beehives
3 Messages
4 Strategy
5 References

Generation
A beehive has a 1/5 chance of generating in an ordinary rooms and corridors level that is at least dungeon level 10, and does not have a shop, throne room, leprechaun hall, zoo or temple.[1]
Beehives will not be generated if bees are genocided or extinct.

Special levels with beehives
The Wizard's Tower has a beehive.

Messages
You hear a low buzzing.
You hear an angry drone.
There is a beehive on the level.
You hear bees in your bonnet!
There is a beehive on the level, you are hallucinating and wearing a helmet.
You hear bees in your (nonexistent) bonnet!
There is a beehive on the level, you are hallucinating and not wearing a helmet.
You enter a giant beehive!
You entered the hive.
Strategy
If you have poison resistance and stealth, you can easily fight the bees one by one.

References

↑ src/mklev.c in NetHack 3.6.6, line 778