Bees in Minecraft

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Properties

• Life - 10 (5 hearts)

• Behavior - Active during the day, return to their nest at night and when it rains

• Attack - Only when provoked - sting once and die afterwards

Spawn & Habitat

• Spawn near bee nests growing on trees in flower biomes

• Bee nests appear with a probability of approx. 5% on generated trees with flowers nearby

Behavior

• Flying from flower to flower for pollination

• Return regularly to the nest to store nectar

• Pollinate plants - increase the growth of surrounding crops (e.g. wheat, carrots)

Breeding

• Forage - Flowers (e.g. poppies, daisies)

• Two fed bees produce one baby bee

• Baby bees grow in approx. 20 minutes (faster with more flowers)

Nests & hives

• Bee nest - naturally generated home for bees

• Beehive - Craftable by the player from 6 wooden boards + 3 honeycombs

• Both store up to 3 bees and fill with honey when pollinated

Honey harvest

• With glass bottle - honey bottle (food, healing, potion ingredient)

• With scissors - honeycomb (for beehives, candles, honeycomb blocks)

• Important - Use campfire under the nest/hive to avoid aggressive reaction

Tips

• Place hives next to fields for better harvest

• Use campfires to harvest honey safely

• Keep flowers nearby to keep bees active and breeding

Trivia

• Bees can see to fly through glass and find their way to the nest even through glass blocks

• Honeycombs are used for decorative and technical blocks (e.g. honeycomb block, honey block)

• Honey removes the potion effect "poisoning" when drinking