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The Bee Mine Glove is a weapon in Size Matters that also features in Secret Agent Clank in the form of the Bee Mine Mk. II. It delivers a swarm of explosive, robotic bees which attack enemies. The Bee Mine Glove upgrades to the Killer Bee Mine in Size Matters, and the Killer Bee Mine Mk. II in Secret Agent Clank. Both versions have Titan upgrades available to be purchased in challenge mode.

Characteristics[]

Bee Mine Mk

The Bee Mine Cake that was sent to Ratchet.

The Bee Mine Glove is an orange glove, which throws down a metallic bee hive known as a Bee Mine. When upgraded the glove stays the same, but the hive changes from orange to bright green. The Bee Mine is made of state-of-the-art beetane alloy, and deploys hunter-seeker-robotabees to seek out and use their S.T.I.N.G.-brand explosive self-destruct mechanism on any enemies.[1] The Bee Mine lasts until all robotabees are depleted. Up to two can be used at once.

The Worker Mod spawns robotabees with an extra subroutine that allows them to collect bolts, ammo, and health that is lying on the ground if there are no enemy targets around.[2] The Hive Bomb Mod adds a destructive subroutine to the bee hive, once all robotabees have been exhausted it detonates in a subspace rift.[3]

Gameplay[]

Overview[]

The Bee Mine Glove deploys Bee Mines which send out robotabees to damage nearby enemies, making it an autonomous damaging weapon that supplements Ratchet's other weapons. The bees are broadly useful with moderate range, though they cannot be relied upon as a main source of damage. Instead, the weapon serves a strategic and defensive purpose, allowing Ratchet to gain ground by throwing weapons to protect a specific area. As the weapon upgrades, it gradually becomes more broadly useful against both large and smaller enemies, especially with the added poison when fully upgraded. Regardless, the limit of only two hives and the relatively short range of the bees means it remains a support weapon.

The Killer Bee Mine upgrade and available mods changes in each game.

Size Matters[]

The Bee Mine Glove is available for purchase for 50,000 bolts in the Medical Outpost Omega. It has eight ammo, and two available mods: the Worker Mod for 5,000 bolts and the Hive Bomb Mod for 300,000 bolts. The former allows bees to break open crates, while the latter causes the hives to explode and create superspatial rifts upon exhausting all bombs, but is only available in challenge mode. Upgrading to the Killer Bee Mine Glove causes bees to inflict long-lasting poison .

Secret Agent Clank[]

Bee Mine Mk

Bee Mine Mk. II gameplay.

The Bee Mine Mk. II is found during "All The Kingpin's Men" behind the fourth costume cart in the Azcotal Alley on Rionosis by Clank, and sent to Ratchet in the form of a "Bee Mine cake". It features blue bees that open crates, alongside swarms of yellow bees that attack enemies. The Killer Bee Mine Mk. II upgrade adds no additional features, other than improving the weapon's base stats.

The weapon has two mods: the Explosive Nature Mod and the Killer Honey Mod, both costing 15,000 bolts. The Explosive Nature Mod allows the hives to occasionally create more explosive rocket bees. The Killer Honey mod causes hives to leave poison behind when they finish. The explosive bees are helpful, but the poisonous hive mod does not work very well with how few you can actually place.

Behind the scenes[]

Though High Impact Games considered adding a miniturret weapon similar to the Miniturret Glove to Size Matters, it was deprioritized once they realized the Bee Mine Glove would be very similar.[4]

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