Very cool faction! I think the bee icons on the Preserves should be a little larger though, it took me a while to even spot them. If they were centered in the building and the same size as the draw icon it would definitely help.

In the second of the Queen's command would you be able to move the Keep? That seems potentially dangerous, but it is a cool idea.

It seems like it might be hard to get preserves out on the board as it takes a turn to convert conservation tokens to preserves and you can only place one token per turn until you have more preserves.

I like how you've kept everything on brand for bees! A militant faction with little battle prowess is also something I haven't seen before, and can be really fun to play around with. 

I do agree the move action may need to be reworded a little, but upon the explanation in the comments I think it's a fitting and understandable mechanic that seems pretty fun!

I also like how their defense mechanism and save the queen actions are tied into where your buildings are. Gives a nice push and pull. You get your buildings out... Opponents will have to deal with it or will be FORCED to!

I'm just a little worried about their scoring. It seems their main mechanism will only get them up to 5 points (minus crafting). Which usually is ok! But these lil fellas don't seem like they wanna get any of those extra points to close the gap through battling. Might make points for the win a bit tough to come by!

Thanks :)

Really interesting faction - love the snooty bee artwork - where is that from? Did you create it?!

I really like the swarm mechanics, especially around Avenge Mother Earth. I wonder if the Hive should have a similarly powerful mechanic. It feels like Preserves are far more important than the Hive but surely in bee lore, you protect the hive at all costs. Maybe bump up Save the Queen to make it more powerful, although I appreciate balancing a faction is a nightmare and this could give the bees too much of an advantage. But perhaps something that makes taking down the hive pretty hard, like removing the cats keep.

The Queen's Commands are cool - when you have the 'plus one per bee icon showing', does the bee icon represent warriors on the board? If not, what does it represent?

Interesting faction - I also like the fact that you score in Birdsong and Recruit in Evening, which is unusual. I like the thematic element of the bees heading back to the hive at night after a hard day's work!