Combee is a small insectoid Pokémon that resembles three pieces of orange, hexagonal honeycomb stuck together. Each hexagon has a round yellow face. The bottom-center face being the main thinker of the three is also the only one "bee" to have a full abdomen. The top two hexagons have a single antenna and a wing connected to an orange-colored joint.
Gender differences
Male Combee do not evolve. The lower face of a female Combee has a red spot on its forehead (which would become the red jewel on the head of a Vespiquen).
Special abilities
Combee can fly with its two wings as long as the top two "bees" co-ordinate their flapping. Combee's skills in battle are very limited, since it is only capable of learning a small handful of moves. Using its wings it can whip up fast winds to attack, and can also distract Pokémon with the sweet smell of its honey. More recently Combee and other Bug-type Pokémon have been found to have the ability to bite opponents and eat a Berry they may be holding.
Through specialized training Combee are capable of learning a wider selection of attacks including Mud-Slap and Ominous Wind in the Johto or Sinnoh region, but such tutoring has not yet been successful in any of the other regions. However, it is clear from the nature of many of these attacks that they are beyond the natural capabilities of wild Combee anyway.
Combee are mostly sociable among their own kind. They are generally harmless and when threatened will usually run away. A Combee will almost always be found collecting honey wherever they can.
The rare times they are not gathering honey, they are sleeping or protecting their queen Vespiquen. The former is done by creating a hive out of themselves and other Combee, locking together into a "wall" to feel safe in larger numbers.
Combee are very suggestible creatures and will never defy the orders of its queen. When a Vespiquen feels threatened, its subject Combee will not think twice about risking their own lives to protect the queen, then attacking and even killing the threat in an aggressive manner.
Habitat
Combee will commonly make residence in caves and hollow trees of forests and other natural, secluded areas with their queen Vespiquen. When a group of Combee aren't being led by a queen, they will usually create a makeshift hive (out of their own bodies) anywhere they feel safe.
{Animedexbody|BW124|Combee|Ash's Pokédex|Combee, the Tiny Bee Pokémon. A trio of Combee stays together for life, basically carrying sweet nectar from flower to flower.}}
A girl who was the daughter of the Valley Windworks manager ordered her multiple Combee to attack Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum when Diamond licked the Honey off of the trees that was slathered for her Combee.
Combee will not appear in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness until a rescue mission involving it has been completed, using the following Wonder Mail code:
X5&F @YKQ 0-70
@FWH 0FX& P8Y9
Objective: Rescue Combee on floor 6 of Apple Woods.
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Honey (100%)
Occa Berry (100%)
For other sprites and images, please see Combee images on Bulbagarden Archives.
