Operation Great Purge

The next day, every bee was a busy one. Even more than usual.

Since there were not enough smart bees in the subjugated hives to purge them, the Great Purge had to be done in stages. At least parasites were much easier to stop than viruses and bacteria.

The Material Foragers and Hunters sent to search for mites inside larvae cells quickly returned with the first results.

Fat and disgusting varroa mites were hiding at the bottom of several larvae cells, hiding under the larvae themselves and the stores of their food.

Mites were found on sick bees in the quarantine village, too. Like I guessed, they hid on bees' tails, usually at the bottom. With their small size, they could crawl between chitin plates, and their back fur blended with that of bees.

At most, the bee felt slight discomfort there, but it wasn't out of the ordinary. Like a creak in your neck after sleeping on the wrong side of a pillow.