"Now, go forth, my mortal champion! Conquer this world—or else!"

I lived a painfully average life and died by a stupid, stupid accident, but a goddess interfered, giving me a second chance in another world.

There, I became royalty—the lazy kind with almost no obligations, free to live in peace and luxury for the rest of my days.

Sounds like a dream, right?

In reality, it was anything but—because I became *BEE* royalty. A Drone Bee, doomed to die of old age in 2 months! (A humanoid bee, thankfully, but still a bee in all the ways that matter.)

The only way to increase my lifespan is to develop and grow my bee colony—a deadly task in a vicious world like this one.
There are murderous insect monsters, colossal beasts trampling the earth, other civilizations, natural disasters, and the bitchy patron goddess who absolutely hates me.

But as long as I have my brains, my bees, and the powerful genes my system gives me, my Bee Empire will be unstoppable!

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For those who want to know more:
This is a wholesome comedic story, but it has some dark moments.
The focus is on kingdom building, survival as an empire, and interacting with MC’s beautiful bee wife and adorable bee daughters. 
The bees are all humanoid (see pictures) and human-sized. However, they are still bees in their ways of life and mentality.
Although there’s a system, real growth comes from putting effort and time. Nothing happens in an instant in this story, unless it’s trouble.
MC acts like an idiot sometimes (oftentimes), but he’s not actually stupid-stupid. When it comes to strategic decisions, he uses logic and reason. Even if you might disagree with it.

Also, there will be no smut (ecchi is a fair game), incest, NTR, harem or BL.

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Discord is up! Find it at -> https://linktr.ee/Garessta
Updates: 2 chapters/day, right after the reset (with a 5% chance of running late).
Reply to author's pinned review if you have questions.

Also, although I realize the futility of this aim (at least right now), if this novel reaches top 15 golden ticket ranking (and stays there for a few days, obv), I will mass release 10 extra chapters! (within 30 calendar days)

<Congratulations! Your empire has reached development level 8, expanding further and further into the world. You gain 5 attribute points, and an "Increased Lifespan V" gene. You will gain the 'Increased Lifespan VI' gene at development level 10.>


〔Increased Lifespan V: +960 days to lifespan.〕


<Congratulations, for reaching a settlement count of 100, you got a new achievement: "Great Settler"! Your reward: your allies can be given "Builder Bee" title.>


〔Builder Bee〕: +10% to construction speed. Requirements: none. 10,00%


Almost three years. Three more years to enjoy!


I could weep from joy there and then from the successes of my new family's work.


In just a month, inspired by my return and by victory against humans, the bees have expanded with incredible speed.


Well, inspiration was good and all, but we could only do it thanks to resources we got by dismantling bodies of dead humans: ropes, leather, wood, pillar rock, metals, sinews, meat and even bones.


Chapter 234 - The Great Ceremony of Picking New Genes