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0005685Dwarf FortressCreaturespublic2012-03-21 10:132016-05-12 15:57
ReporterKumquat 
Assigned ToToady One 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
StatusresolvedResolutionno change required 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version0.34.05 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0005685: Mountain regions contain no insect colonies regardless of actual biome
DescriptionIn Dwarf Mode, if the region map (middle map on embark) is mountains, there are no bees, ants, bumblebees, termites or other colonies on the map at all even if the whole embark area is something else than mountains.

Bees and ants have biome restriction NOT_FREEZING, so I'd expect them to appear everywhere but tundra/glacier.

Respectively, if embark region is anything expect tundra/mountain/glacier, bees &al do appear regardless of actual biomes on the fort map itself.
Steps To Reproduce
1. Embark anywhere on mountain region without a single mountain-biome map square on the embark area.
2. No bees.

3. Embark on glacier within a non-glacier region.
4. Bees!!!

5. Embark on a freezing biome that's not tundra or glacier.
6. Oh god bees run!!
Additional Information
Tested on several worlds.

Not sure if this applies to other vermin as well, but a brook with nothing but mussels suggests that. Colonizing insects are simply easiest to test.
TagsNo tags attached.
Relationships
related to 0008072resolved Toady One No bee colonies in temperate biomes (only in warm/hot) 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2012-03-21 10:13KumquatNew Issue
2014-08-18 14:28FootkerchiefRelationship addedhas duplicate 0008072
2014-09-16 14:11FootkerchiefRelationship replacedrelated to 0008072
2015-05-20 16:03ButtonNote Added: 0032707
2016-05-12 15:57Toady OneStatusnew => resolved
2016-05-12 15:57Toady OneResolutionopen => no change required
2016-05-12 15:57Toady OneAssigned To => Toady One

Notes
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2015-05-20 16:03   
The NOT_FREEZING tag doesn't work the way you think it does. It doesn't actually have anything to do with temperature - it just means all biomes except tundra, taiga, *or mountains*.