Of course, there were volunteers. Too many volunteers.
When the next day Workharder gathered for me all the volunteers that fit my requirements (bees without specialized training and young enough to have the most recent set of my genes), I realized that there were literally *every* bee in the hive which was young enough.
Several thousand of them! Since the development level 4 happened an entire month ago already (time truly flew by when I had so little of it), there were several mature broods worth of bees.
They gathered in front of me on the hive cave floor like fans at a concert of a popular band.
"All these bees are ready to volunteer for whatever risky mission you have for them, Father!" Workharder said, bursting with pride.
I looked at the front row of the volunteers, trying to not show my inner pain on my face.
'I should've expected this… Stupid me…'
