Bee or another stinging creature were used for warfare. The roman launch them using catapult and the mayans build fake soldiers filed with wasp. Wasp and bee wild inflict very little damage in a little area. Little than a mounted trebuchet. Also they deal progressive damage but less than the projectile of a mounted trebuchet or the bleeding damage of a liao dao. Here some ideas.
HIve thrower (maya UU)
In medieval Total war 2 there is a maya hive thrower (Hornet Throwers). This unit was invented for the game. real maya used mannequins full of wasps, horseflies and bees.
The hive thrower deal very low damage but in a little area and deal progressive damage who ignore the armor. they are good against group of unit. Also they benefit from the two mayan unique technology.
Available at : Archery range
Age : feudal age
Cost : 35 food, 25 wood
Training time : 30 seconds
HP : 30
Pierce attack : 1
Blast radius : 1
Reload time : 3.45
Attack delay : 0.47
Range : 4
Melee armor : 0
Pierce armor : 0
Armor class : Archer, Unique unit
Speed : 0.96
Line of Sight : 6
Special : On impact, is projectiles create a patch of wasp that lasts for 4 seconds, dealing 1 damage per second to any enemy unit in a 1 tile radius. The wasp damage ignores armor, but does not stack if multiple hive thrower projectiles land on the same area.
Benefit form : archer armor (forge) fetching upgrade line (forge), ballistic (university), conscription (castle), devotion, faith, heresy (monastery)
Hul’che Javelineers : Hive thrower benefit from +1 range (other effects of the tech also apply for skirmisher)
El Dorado : Hive thrower benefit from + 10 HP. The blast radius and the zone effect of the projectile gain +1 (other effects of the tech also apply for eagle warrior)
Don’t benefit from : chemistry (if you put fire on the hive the wasps die)
Hive catapult
This unit is not intended as a regular unit but only as a scenario editor unit.
HP : 50
Pierce attack : 1
Blast radius : 1
Reload time : 6
Attack delay : 0
Range : 8
Minimum range : 3
Accuracy : 100%
Melee armor : 0
Pierce armor : 6
Armor class : Siege weapon
Speed : 0.6
Line of Sight : 9
Special : Can attack ground
On impact, is projectiles create a patch of wasp that lasts for 4 seconds, dealing 1 damage per second to any enemy unit in a 1 tile radius. The wasp damage ignores armor, but does not stack if multiple hive catapult projectiles land on the same area.
Don’t benefit from : chemistry (if you put fire on the hive the wasps die)
Mannequins trapped with wasp
This building is not intended as a regular unit but only as a scenario editor building. This a mannequin filled with wasp who release the wasp when he is destroyed. The mayan used this in real world.
When destroyed he create a patch of that lasts for 4 seconds, dealing 1 damage per second to any enemy unit in a 1 tile radius. The wasp damage ignores armor, but does not stack if multiple Mannequins trapped with wasp are on the same area.
Gunpowder barrel
This building is not intended as a regular unit but only as a scenario editor building. This is an immobile demolition ship. This building can be useful is some siege scenario.
When destroyed he deal damage in the same area than a demolition ship.