Armor of the Queen Bee

You cover the target in a spectral shell resembling the armour of the Queen Bee, while protected by this shell opponent's who attempt to attack this creature will be inflicted with 1d4 spores.

When an enemy is inflicted with spores they will remove half the number of spores currently afflicting them while taking poison damage equal to the spores removed, spores can be stacked to a maximum of 20 on one target.

If a creature dies while afflicted with spores a worker bee will burst from their corpse, This creature uses the stats of a Dust Mephit on birth with 30 hp, while the spell is active damage done by the Worker bees have the addition of inflicting 2 spores on hit, while the blinding breath feature inflicts 6 spores. The creature affected by the Armor of the Queen Bee is capable of ordering worker bees that are able to see and hear it as a bonus action while under the effects of the spell.

*When the spell is cast with a 5th or 6th level spell slot the number of spores that can affect a creature is doubled and the number of inflicted spores increases to a 1d6. When cast using 7th and 8th level spells the number of spores that can affect a creature is doubled again and the number of inflicted spores increases to a 1d8. When cast using a 9th level spell slot the spell does not require concentration and lasts until dispelled.