Messenger Bee
A special species of honeybee, Messenger Bees can be befriended by tending large gardens of flowers, vegetables, residing in rural areas, and allowing their hive to be built near one’s home. With lives comparable to that of an average honeybee, Messenger Bees are set apart by their ability to change colors and precognitive queens.
A Messenger Bee’s queen can predict the future; she uses this supernatural power to warn the colony of upcoming weather, divulge places where food can be found, and announce upcoming visitors. Queens relay this information to messenger bees － specialized individuals whose bodies pulsate with different colored lights; the light produced by the bees changes colors depending on the message shared with them. If more than one message needs to be relayed, they switch back and forth between the colors in five second intervals.
If human households have befriended the bees, messengers are sent into their homes; the bees report information that is pertinent to them, such as the weather or future guests. The bees cease to live on the property and/or deliver predictions if any of their kind is mistreated by those living in the home; they may also leave an area if there is not enough resources for them to survive.
The meanings of a Messenger Bee’s color are as follows:
Black an enemy or unwelcome guest will be visiting tomorrow
Blue tomorrow will be a rainy day
Brown cover the plants; frost will occur tonight
Gray tomorrow will be a cloudy day
Green tomorrow will be a windy day
Orange tomorrow will be a sunny day
Pink family will be visiting tomorrow
Purple tomorrow will be a stormy day
Red a romantic interest will be visiting tomorrow
Teal tomorrow will be a snowy day
White a good friend will be visiting tomorrow
Yellow tomorrow will be uneventful
Messenger Bees were used by several families until they were associated with witches－humans aligned with evil entities, like Wicks, in exchange for magical powers; numerous hives were destroyed and it is unknown if many of these special bees remain.