Murdered by bees

Hey all,

SK WIZ ENC

I am just getting murdered by the bees.

I try to slow one, AE mez but they are on me whaling away.

By the time I get from overchanneling into arcane mastery, I am nearly dead.

The resists are horrible.

My AE mez, allure and pacify are at rank 4 - possibly part of the problem.

Any way to charm one without bringing the others?

And once charmed, it seems to break frequently.

Once in a while, I can kill the big bee, but the subsequent yellow and red spawns just destroy me.

I have planar armor but not moted up much.

Maybe I need to go to D4 befallen and mote up more?

None of the enchanter tricks are working.