Tabletina, who brought me this news, nodded. She was frowning deeply.
"Almost like that—over eighty percent of the workers from Hive Mountainhive showed typical symptoms of food poisoning. The aphids kept as cattle in the sub-hive were affected, too—but only a small part of them. The only ones who weren't poisoned were Beemarines. The sick bees don't appear to be in immediate danger, but they are unable to work right now and won't be for at least the next four days, by my estimate. Some aphids have died, though."
I rubbed my forehead.
"Did you already tell the local Physicians to check the food supplies of the Mountainhive?"
From my recollection, it was a hive that specialised in rearing aphids and growing crops. Despite its name, it was standing on some very fertile ground, just under the roots of a living mountain—hence the name.
