Pus Bees are, perhaps, poorly named. They do not remotely resemble bees in appearance or behavior. The association comes from Pus Bees congregating in "hives" where there can be found "honey." However, rather than the "bees" producing the green ooze that could be vaguely described as honey, it seems that the honey is some variety of slime mold that lives in symbiosis with the bees. Consumption of the honey causes psychosis, and the scent seems to resemble bear piss. Congregations of pus bees are found frequently in dead trees and logs on the outskirts of the poison forests of the south-east Midalrealm.
The green "honey" protects the bees over the winter, and the bees will consume it during times of scarcity. Most of the time, however, the bees-- which resemble floating, disembodied zits, up to two inches in diameter-- meander aimlessly through the air. When the bees a living creature, they burst in a spray of pus. The pus induces vomiting when in contact with exposed flesh. The vomit, in turn, attracts more bees, who feed on it. If not cleaned from the skin immediately, pustules form on the skin, which will eventually pop free from their host to rejoin the hive.
While Pus Honey is occasionally consumed in certain communities as a recreational drug, care must be taken to avoid consuming live Pus Bees (Pus bee honey should always be cooked before consumption, just in case). Swallowing a pus bee results in what is called puking sickness.
