Bee Swarm Simulator: Bee Tier List

Basic Bee (Gifted)

Surprisingly, the gifted version of the Basic Bee is actually really good for how easy it is to get due to its 1.2x Pollen bonus

Buoyant Bee

Really good abilities and practically carries the identity of blue hives

Buoyant Bee (Gifted)

Same reason as the base variant, but with even more bonuses

Carpenter Bee (Gifted)

Really good abilities, especially in white hives

Commander Bee (Gifted)

Critical Chance gifted bonus bumps it up to S tier compared to its regular variant

Digital Bee (Gifted)

Great bee with high drives, pretty good otherwise (Gifted bonuses bump it above the base variant)

Fuzzy Bee (Gifted)

Goated gifted ability

Gummy Bee (Gifted)

Good bee overall, with a great Honey Per Pollen bonus

Music Bee

Absurdly good set of abilities

Music Bee (Gifted)

Same as the base variant, but with an equally nutty gifted hive bonus

Photon Bee (Gifted)

Good bee in general, with a pretty strong gifted hive bonus

Precise Bee

Good bee overall due to its abilities and stats

Precise Bee (Gifted)

Same as base variant, but with a persistent Super-Crit Chance buff

Shy Bee (Gifted)

Good stats, abilities, and gifted hive bonus

Tabby Bee

REALLY good bee, though it takes time to ramp up

Tabby Bee (Gifted)

Same as base variant, but it also comes with a massive 50% Critical Power buff

Tadpole Bee (Gifted)

Bad stats, but strong base and gifted abilities

Vector Bee

Really good overall, not much else to say about it

Vector Bee (Gifted)

Same as base variant

Windy Bee (Gifted)

Really good Tornado ability and white-related buffs

Baby Bee

While its stats are far from the best, its Baby Love ability (x2 Pollen & 50% Loot Luck) is incredibly useful

Baby Bee (Gifted)

Same reason as the regular variant

Bear Bee (Gifted)

Its 10% Pollen bonus is pretty good

Carpenter Bee

Good abilities, especially in white hives

Commander Bee

A good bee overall, but not necessarily one of the best

Digital Bee

Great bee with high drives, only kind of okay otherwise

Festive Bee

Really good bee overall, and is used in some endgame setups

Festive Bee (Gifted)

Same as the base variant

Fuzzy Bee

Really good bee early on, but becomes pretty okay at best in late game stages

Gummy Bee

Great for goo, and a good bee overall

Looker Bee (Gifted)

Mediocre stats, but it makes up for it with a 25% Critical Power bonus

Ninja Bee

Good bee, and has decent abilities

Ninja Bee (Gifted)

Same as the base variant

Photon Bee

Good abilities and stats in general

Rage Bee (Gifted)

Pretty good early-mid game, and its ability can be good in certain late game setups

Riley Bee (Gifted)

Good for red hives, not a bad bee overall

Shocked Bee (Gifted)

Decent bee, and its gifted hive bonus is good for white hives

Shy Bee

Good bee with some decent red abilities

Spicy Bee (Gifted)

Good bee, but its main use is really only in red hives (even with the gifted perks)

Stubborn Bee (Gifted)

Generally not a good bee, but its increased ability token lifespan is actually deceptively good

Tadpole Bee

Bad stats, but really good abilities, especially for blue hives

Vicious Bee

Good bee overall, but it does fall off just a bit later on

Vicious Bee (Gifted)

Same as base variant

Windy Bee

Really good Tornado ability and white boost

Bear Bee

The temporary Bear Morph can be really good, though it's far from consistent

Cobalt Bee

Decent bee, especially for blue hives

Cobalt Bee (Gifted)

Same as the base variant, but with an equally decent gifted hive bonus

Crimson Bee

Decent bee, especially for red hives

Crimson Bee (Gifted)

Same as base variant, but with an okay hive bonus

Diamond Bee

Pretty decent blue boost, not too good of a bee later on

Diamond Bee (Gifted)

Same as base variant

Fire Bee (Gifted)

Good early on, but becomes okay at best in late game stages

Frosty Bee (Gifted)

Pretty good early-mid game, and may find some utility in late game stages with its boost

Honey Bee (Gifted)

Its stats are okay, but its gifted bonus can have some niche utility for certain hive setups

Lion Bee (Gifted)

Good stats, and its gifted bonus lets it find some use in late game setups

Rage Bee

Pretty good early-mid game, and has niche uses in late game

Riley Bee

Decent for red hives, pretty okay overall

Shocked Bee

Decent stats and abilities

Spicy Bee

Good bee, but mainly only used for red hives

Bubble Bee (Gifted)

Can be niche and useful, and the gifted bonus makes it significantly better than its base variant

Bucko Bee

It's pretty good, but it starts falling off as you approach the late game stages of your career

Bucko Bee (Gifted)

Same as the base variant, but with a decent gifted bonus

Cool Bee (Gifted)

Still mainly an early-mid game bee, but its bonus can be good for blue hives at any stage

Demo Bee

Basically a better Bomber Bee that also falls off later on

Demo Bee (Gifted)

Same as base variant

Fire Bee

Pretty good early on, but it falls off as you inch towards late game

Frosty Bee

Pretty good early-mid game, but falls off hard in late game stages

Honey Bee

It's okay, not much to talk about with this bee

Lion Bee

It has good stats, but its ability falls off in the late game stages

Looker Bee

Mediocre stats, but its Focus ability may find some use early on

Rad Bee (Gifted)

Mediocre bee with some niche buffs that benefit red hives

Stubborn Bee

Not entirely bad, but there are much better options

Bomber Bee

Its ability falls off hard once you progress further into the game, becoming largely useless over time

Bomber Bee (Gifted)

Same reason as the base variant

Brave Bee (Gifted)

While it still isn't good overall, the +1 attack gifted bonus may have some niche uses

Bubble Bee

Pretty decent passive ability, though inconsistent and bound to fall off over time

Bumble Bee

Same as the Bomber Bee, though with just a bit more utility in late game

Bumble Bee (Gifted)

Same as base variant, but with a decent gifted hive bonus

Cool Bee

Early game bee that quickly falls off

Exhausted Bee (Gifted)

Might have some utility with its capacity bonus

Hasty Bee

While it isn't necessarily bad, its use cases are extremely niche

Hasty Bee (Gifted)

Same as the base variant

Puppy Bee

It has niche uses, but there are better bees out there

Puppy Bee (Gifted)

Same as the base variant

Rad Bee

Niche red hive use, but otherwise ironically pretty meh overall

Rascal Bee

Not particularly good outside of some red hives

Rascal Bee (Gifted)

Same as base variant

Basic Bee

It's the basic bee...

Brave Bee

Not really useful without its gifted bonus

Demon Bee

Poor stats

Demon Bee (Gifted)

Same as above

Exhausted Bee

Kinda okay at best