Ollie Tip

[Smoking Flowerpot]

I finally figured out how to get past Ollie's first honey-stealing attempts before he gets his padded suit, without dying a zillion times...

Go for the honey trees that are near people and a road. As soon as you get the bees angry (but before trying to harvest), go run closely past a few people so that the bees stay with them and they start freaking out yelling "don't kill me" and stuff like that. At that point, go back to the tree and you can harvest the honey without the bees being there for a while!

[Smoking Flowerpot]

Another Ollie tip...

You hardly need any glucose syringes if you get your 'eat rotten food' skill early on and eat a lot of rotten apples, rotten potatoes, and other sugar/carb rich foods to keep the blood meter up. There are tons of these in most houses, both in the Garden and Village districts. Also, eating approx 40 blue currants equals one glucose shot too, so collect those while you're collecting the ones for healing balms. Also, if all else fails, drinking a scotch will also raise his blood sugar (along with getting him drunk).

[oku]

These are great tips. Especially for those very first days as Ollie. Thanks!

[Borobby]

Oh, I did this when I got the chance! ;D

[Smoking Flowerpot]

You're welcome! Ollie's a fun one to play, but those first honey harvests were not so fun until I did that.

[Atanon]

I just got the bees to chase me far away from the honey and harvested it while they were coming back.

[Smoking Flowerpot]

That's good to know. I thought they had to be given to other people for it to work. That means it will work on trees that are far away from the roads too. It kind of fun to watch the NPCs freak-out though, I have to admit. :)

[ᵀᴴᵁᴺᴰᴲᴿ ᴰᴬᴺ (Dan0)]

throw rubber ducks at it, people investigate, people get stung, you get honey, pick up the ducks again rinse and repeat with other trees.

rubber ducks are easy to use, allow you to keep a safe distance and avoid damage, don't agro people as long as they don't hit anybody, are reusable and its quite common to find lots of them in most areas.

[Smoking Flowerpot]

I'm going to try that with the ducks. That's even better than giving them the bees personally. :)