As I discovered, the radar was cumbersome and imprecise and untested and required constant fiddling with the antennae, but it worked and my bees could make more of those.
This prototype radar was bad at detecting insect-sized targets at enormous distances, but it could spot larger targets—like dragons—at the range of dozens of kilometers! And Researchina promised me to improve this range at least twice more.
Even bees with the best eyesight could barely spot a dragon at this distance, especially a small one. With the radar, our air defense was going to improve dramatically—the bees will be able to prepare their dragon riders or ballistas when they think a dragon is going to attack their positions.