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Blodd Apis, also known as the Queen of the Wild Sweet Gatherers and the Queen of All Bees, was a savage, deranged, old, skinny female hedgehog who resided in Mossflower Woods and was incredibly protective of what she deemed to be her territory. Apis threatened travelers who trespassed into her domain with death, and shot darts tipped with bee venom at any beast she thought to be an intruder.

Blodd Apis resided alone in a den in between two yew trees which housed multiple beehives, which she tended. She also brewed a strong 10-season mead from the bee's honey, to which she had developed a tolerance. Given the high alcohol content, it could have an intense effect on those who had a low familiarity with drinking. The hedgehog owned one of the emerald eyes of the Great Doomwyte Idol, and referred to it as the "Green Star of the Woodlands." Apis carried the juice of wild ants in a tube on her belt to splash onto her enemies; her bees would smell the pheromones and attack whatever or whoever the scent was coming from.

Skipper Rorgus, Dwink, Perrit, and Foremole Gullub Gurrpaw entered her lands while searching for the Doomwyte jewels. After shooting darts at the foursome failed to deter them, Apis pretended to surrender and led them to her home, where the group became heavily intoxicated from her special mead. She further planned on covering the Redwallers with her ant juice so that the bees would kill them. Fortunately, Foremole Gullub was not as drunk as the others and caused Apis to spill her juice onto herself, resulting in the hedgehog becoming overwhelmed with bees, and dying the "Death of a Thousand Stings." After the bees calmed down, the travelers buried Blood Apis in her own cave, thinking it would be indecent to do otherwise despite the fact that the old hedgehog mistreated them.

Trivia[]

  • "Apis" is the name of the honeybee genus.
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