The Bee

The Bee is a Amplify Shield made by Hyperion in Borderlands 2.

Special Weapon Effects
Large amount of Amp shot damage, 0 Amp Shot Drain. Lowered shield capacity. Increased Shield Recharge Rate. Increased Recharge Delay.

Usage & Description
The Bee, while having low shield capacity and a long recharge delay, gives extraordinary Amp damage with zero shield drain per shot. This effectively provides endless Amp damage until the user takes damage from an outside source. Due to having no Amp Drain, The Bee is best used with a weapon with a high rate of fire and large magazine size such as Hellfire or even Infinity, as more amp damage can be put out in a shorter span of time. Shotguns are less desirable because the amp damage is divided among all pellets and not applied per pellet, and they cause overall less triggers of The Bee as consequence of the characteristic traits of shotguns: low rate of fire, magazine size, and reload speed.

The Bee is also deadly with weapons such as the Unkempt Harold or Pitchfork, as the damage is not shared between each projectile as it would in any multiplier damage weapon like Shotguns, this can allow for quick farming of bosses and even quicker with 'Slag and swap' tactics or enemies with large critical hit locations such as The Warrior.

The Bee may also spawn with the Grounded, Inflammable, Alkaline, or Blast Proof prefixes, giving the wearer immunity to electrocution, burning, or corrosion DoTs, or half protection from explosions, respectively.

Trivia

 * The weapon's flavor text is a reference to Muhammad Ali, who described his fighting style as "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."