Backyard — 9 of 15

Section concerning bees

A bee is an animal. The description of bee is "A hairy bee buzzes around.". The bee is undescribed. Understand "bees" as bee.

A bug hotel is a home. The description of the bug hotel is "A bunch of boards with big holes. [if occupied] Several of the holes are occupied by mason bees.". The printed name of the bug hotel is "[if occupied]bee hotel[else]empty bug hotel". Understand "boards" and "holes" and "bee hotel" as the bug hotel.

Instead of transforming the half-eaten boards:

if infested:

say "They are full of wrigglies.";

otherwise:

say "You put the boards together and prepared them for hanging up. They would make a nice bug hotel.";

now the half-eaten boards are nowhere;

now the player carries the bug hotel.

After inserting the bug hotel into the tree:

now the bug hotel is suitable;

say "You hang the bug hotel on the tree.".

Instead of taking the bug hotel when the bug hotel is in the tree:

say "The hotel looks fine where it is.".

Every turn when the bug hotel is suitable for the third turn and the bug hotel is empty:

say "A mason bee flies out from a hole in the bug hotel and heads to the meadow. You notice several other holes are also occupied.";

now the bee is in the location;

acquire bee;

now the bug hotel is occupied.