Strange, nay heretically, independent creature they may be they offer a different perspective that could prove useful in the future. 

We're not savages. Reward the prince who led this successful battle with governership of the log, have our workers fortify it and it should make for an excellent staging ground to control the whole berry bush area and a step toward further expansion into the forest as needed.

Bring to the large beetles we have prisoner berries, as their own people would, and treat the grubs that emerge from the eggs with kindness and civility. Allow them to watch us work, show them that they too can benefit from our ingenuity. In a generation our kindness will be all they've ever known.