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# Age & Evolution

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This page is a machine translation. The French version is the official reference: [read this page in French](https://the-life-bomb.gitbook.io/whitepaper/fr/move-to-earn/abeilles-endemiques/age-et-evolution).
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A bee's age plays an essential role in the rewards you can obtain and in your quest for new functions.

#### **🦕 Aging**

1. **Natural aging**

Using an endemic bee **as your main bee** causes it to age progressively. The age of an endemic bee increases by 0.25% with every energy spent

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**(Currently unavailable)**\
💡 In time, support bees could also be affected by aging beyond 45 energies held.
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2. **Artificial aging**

**Pollen**

Using pollen lets you artificially age your bee in increments of 5% to 25%, depending on the amount of pollen used.

This gives users the option of reaching the age-effect bonus tiers faster, or even reaching the maximum age (100%) sooner to try to obtain a new function for their endemic bee.

| % Aging | Pollen     |
| ------- | ---------- |
| 5%      | 100 Pollen |
| 10%     | 150 Pollen |
| 25%     | 250 Pollen |

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The cumulative "artificial" aging of all your bees cannot exceed 25% per day.
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3. **Modulated aging**

The aging of Genesis & OG bees can be modulated from one run to the next, according to the strategy you adopt.

* **Genesis Bees**

**Genesis** bees enjoy a unique bonus: you can adjust their age progression by **±0.2% per energy spent**, thereby slowing down or speeding up the pace of their natural aging.

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Endemic Bees: <mark style="color:orange;">0.05%</mark>, <mark style="color:yellow;">0.15%</mark>, **0.25%**, <mark style="color:blue;">0.35%</mark> or <mark style="color:green;">0.45%</mark>
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* OG Bees

**OG** bees enjoy a unique bonus: you can adjust their age progression by **±0.1% per energy spent**, thereby slowing down or speeding up the pace of their natural aging.

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Endemic Bees: <mark style="color:yellow;">0.15%</mark>, **0.25%**, <mark style="color:blue;">0.35%</mark>
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#### **🐢 Slowing Down Aging**

The specialization points obtained at each **Level Up** will, in time, be able to influence how fast your bee ages.

Every point invested in specialization will act as a strategic lever, letting you modulate its aging pace.

🎯 **Direct effect:** points distributed into specialization will reduce aging speed.

| Lvl Up Points Distributed | Aging                                          |
| ------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| 0 to 10 Points            | <p>Aging unchanged<br>(no aging reduction)</p> |
| **10 to 20 points**       | −0.05% aging per energy                        |
| **20 to 30 points**       | −0.1% aging per energy                         |
| **30 to 40 points**       | −0.15% aging per energy                        |
| **40 to 50 points**       | −0.2% aging per energy                         |
| **50+ points**            | <p>Aging unchanged<br>(no aging reduction)</p> |

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⚠️ **Important:** a bee ages by at least **0.1% per energy**, whatever optimization is applied.
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**🧪 Rejuvenation**

**Emerald Jelly** is a rare resource that rejuvenates a bee by 5%, 10%, 25% or 70%.

| Emerald Jelly                                             | % of Rejuvenation |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- |
| XS                                                        | 5%                |
| S                                                         | 10%               |
| M                                                         | 25%               |
| L <mark style="color:red;">(Currently unavailable)</mark> | 70%               |

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💡 **Each bee can only use one Emerald Jelly per day.**
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#### **🦠 The Age Effect: Bonus/Penalty and Evolution**

A bee's age directly influences its economic performance according to the following tiers

* 0% to 54.99%: No impact
* 55% - 74.99%: **Bonus of +5% on Efficiency and** **on Final Specialization**
* 75% - 99.99%: **Penalty of -7%** **on Efficiency and** **on Final Specialization**
* **100%:** Random function evolution, and age reset to 0%

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## Evolution of a Bee

**Endemic bees evolve when they reach 100% age.**

* They can **accumulate new functions over the course of their evolution.**
* **This evolution is random**, and does not follow the natural evolution timeline of bees.
* At each evolution, a new **function can be added to the one it already held**, while **its age is reset to 0%.**
* When a function is added to a bee, **all its other attributes remain unchanged.** *(level, efficiency, instinct, specialization, endurance, etc.)*
* If you have not enabled the endemic bee option, you cannot accumulate new functions.

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See the Endemic Bees section to learn more.
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**Important:**\
***When a bee's age is above 10%, it cannot be listed for sale or transferred.***<br>
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