diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/basic/farm_animals/bee/_bee.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/basic/farm_animals/bee/_bee.dm
index 66cd498ccd6..c3a1c5d9139 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/basic/farm_animals/bee/_bee.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/basic/farm_animals/bee/_bee.dm
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
 
 /// Picks a random toxin and assigns it to the bee
 /mob/living/basic/bee/proc/assign_random_toxin_reagent()
-	assign_reagent(get_random_reagent_id(whitelist = subtypesof(/datum/reagent/toxin)))
+	assign_reagent(GLOB.chemical_reagents_list[get_random_reagent_id(whitelist = subtypesof(/datum/reagent/toxin))])
 
 /mob/living/basic/bee/mutate()
 	. = ..()