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  • Bee Nests vs. Beehives - What's The Divergence?

Introduced in the ane.15 Buzzy Bees update, bees are ane of the cutest mobs in Minecraft. They are the only mob in the game that has a 'home,' which can be a bit confusing. Thankfully, this guide is here to teach yous everything in that location is to know almost bees! Updated October 3, 2021 by Gabrielle Huston: Minecraft has dozens of mechanics that have time to understand fully! If you're merely working your way into bee-keeping, this guide has y'all covered. It'due south been updated with even more information to assist you on your journeying!

Naturally Spawning Bees

naturally spawning bee nest in flower forest biome of minecraft

Bees and bee nests will spawn in biomes with flowers and trees. Here are the suitable biomes, as well as spawn rates for bees:

NOTE: This is specific to naturally generated oak or birch trees.

Biome Take a chance For Oak or Birch Tree To Take Bee Nest (Java Edition) Take chances For Oak or Birch Tree To Accept Bee Nest (Bedrock Edition)
Plains
  • v%
  • 5%
Sunflower Plains
  • 2%
  • 3%
Flower Forest
  • 0.2%
  • 0.035%
Wood
  • 0.2%
  • 0.035%
Wooded Hills
  • 0.two%
  • 0.035%
Birch Forest
  • 0.ii%
  • 0.035%
Tall Birch Forest
  • 0.2%
  • 0.035%
Birch Forest Hills
  • 0.2%
  • 0.035%
Tall Birch Hills
  • 0.2%
  • 0.035%

Naturally, spawning nests will appear in copse, with 3 bees inside. To make your bee search equally efficient as possible, search for normal plains and sunflower plains. These biomes are pretty mutual so y'all shouldn't have a hard time finding a bee nest.

How To Spawn Your Own Bee Nests With Saplings

Minecraft - Sapling on left, Full-grown tree with a Bee Nest on right

If you lot don't want to search for a bee nest, effort spawning 1 yourself! To do this, you volition need saplings, flowers, and bonemeal.

You spawn bee nests yourself by planting saplings almost flowers. A sapling will take a five% hazard to spawn a bee nest if it is grown within two blocks of a bloom. You tin speed upward the tree's growth past using bonemeal.

This may have a while. However, it is helpful if you are not nearly an environment where bees will spawn. Bee nests spawned from saplings will hold one to 3 bees.

Do Bees Sting?

Minecraft bees angered, indicated by red eyes
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Bees tin can definitely get angry and sting you lot. A bee'south optics volition become cherry-red and they volition attempt to sting y'all if you lot disturb their nests. Only one time a bee stings yous, information technology will die.

To avoid a bee'due south wrath, attempt placing a campfire underneath their nest. The smoke will relax the bees, rendering them harmless. Although the fume will substantially neutralize them, they can still accidentally go into the fire and die. To eliminate this from happening, identify a carpet over the fire. This will permit the bees to safely enter and exit their nest.

If you want to completely uproot a bee nest, use whatever tool enchanted with silk touch. This volition remove the nest without angering the bees. Additionally, yous can relocate the bees to another location without losing any in the process.

Can You Brood Bees?

bees in Minecraft following player with flower

Similar every other beast in Minecraft, yous can breed bees. To breed, just give 2 bees a flower. Doing this will send the bees into 'love fashion,' and crimson hearts will appear over their heads. If you are holding a flower, any nearby bee will begin to follow you, making information technology like shooting fish in a barrel for y'all to give flowers to them.

Bees in honey mode volition notice a partner and make a babe bee. The baby bee will be tiny, but yous can speed up their growth by giving them more flowers.

You can use a lead on a bee every bit well. Although it may wait featherbrained, a lead on a bee allows you to easily move them. Leads can be used on angered bees as well.

How To Farm Bees

Minecraft Bees split image - bee nests on a tree (left), bees flying around beehives (right)

If you need a lot of dear and/or honeycomb, consider making yourself a farm of bees!

That'll involve making Beehives for the bees to live in, coaxing them away from their home, and harvesting the fruits of your labour without taking tons of damage! Bank check out our guide for a pace-by-step breakdown of the process.

Harvesting Love

player standing on Minecraft Honeyblocks

To harvest honey, arroyo any bee nest that is dripping honey. Using an empty bottle on the nest will requite you lot some honey! Exist careful though, this will anger the bees if you oasis't placed a campfire still. Check out our guide on harvesting beloved for more information.

You tin can craft with the honey bottle, or just drink the beloved. Drinking dearest will restore 3 hunger points, merely since information technology isn't the easiest resource to get, it'southward not an efficient nutrient source.

Combining 4 bottles of dearest volition create one dear block. Honey blocks are semi-transparent blocks that can be placed. The block will slow anyone who passes over. Additionally, you lot can slide down a wall of honey without taking as much fall impairment.

Honeycomb

example of minecraft honeycomb used in a build

Some other textile you tin can obtain from bee nests is honeycomb. To get honeycomb, use a pair of sheers on a nest. Doing and then will get you lot upwardly to three honeycombs, which tin be crafted into a few different objects.

Honeycomb Uses Include...

  • Combining four honeycombs to become a honeycomb block
  • Create beehives
  • Craft candles
  • Craft waxed copper

Bee Nests vs. Beehives - What'south The Difference?

Minecraft bee nest and beehive together, showing difference between both materials

There is a difference between beehives and bee nests. A bee nest is a block that spawns in copse. The nest is spawned, and cannot be crafted.

Beehives, on the other paw, can only be crafted. They are essentially crafted versions of bee nests. To arts and crafts this, you volition need

  • 6 planks
  • 3 honeycombs

Beehives are similar an 'overflow' housing for bees that yous breed. A bee nest tin can but agree 3 bees, and then if you brood more, then they will move into the hive. This is important if you are planning on making a bee farm for materials. After bees take moved into the hive, information technology functions just similar a bee nest. After the bees get to work, you can harvest beloved and honeycomb. As long equally the bees are alive, you tin can continue harvesting materials.

That'south all there is to know near bees! Now get out at that place and make your own honey subcontract.

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