Beehive

Bee nests are naturally generated blocks that house bees.

Beehives are crafted versions of bee nests.

Obtaining


Hives can be mined by any tool or by the player's fist, though they break faster with an axe. Bee nests do not drop anything unless mined with Silk Touch, but hives drop empty if broken without Silk Touch. If broken with a tool enchanted with Silk Touch, the bees remain inside. Otherwise, they emerge from the hive and swarm the player unless a campfire is underneath it.

Natural generation


Bee nests generate hanging from naturally-generated oak and birch trees found in, and  biomes. A tree in these biomes has a 5% chance to have a bee nest.

$$, bee nests generate in the following biomes with different chances:


 * Blocks
 * 0.5
 * 0.25
 * 16
 * Block broken
 * Blocks
 * 0.8
 * 1.0
 * 16
 * Block placed
 * Blocks
 * 0.8
 * 1.0
 * 16
 * Footsteps
 * Blocks
 * 1.0
 * 0.15
 * 16
 * No subtitle
 * (Plays when fallen on from a height)
 * Blocks
 * 0.75
 * 0.5
 * 16
 * Honey drips
 * 16
 * Bee enters hive
 * 16
 * Bee leaves hive
 * 16
 * Shears scrape
 * 16
 * Bees work
 * 16
 * }
 * (Plays when fallen on from a height)
 * Blocks
 * 0.75
 * 0.5
 * 16
 * Honey drips
 * 16
 * Bee enters hive
 * 16
 * Bee leaves hive
 * 16
 * Shears scrape
 * 16
 * Bees work
 * 16
 * }
 * Bee enters hive
 * 16
 * Bee leaves hive
 * 16
 * Shears scrape
 * 16
 * Bees work
 * 16
 * }
 * Bee leaves hive
 * 16
 * Shears scrape
 * 16
 * Bees work
 * 16
 * }
 * Shears scrape
 * 16
 * Bees work
 * 16
 * }
 * 16
 * Bees work
 * 16
 * }
 * Bees work
 * 16
 * }
 * 16
 * }
 * 16
 * }
 * 16
 * }
 * }

Block entity
A beehive has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

Trivia

 * The terminology of a beehive being a man-made enclosure for bees is correct, as opposed to a naturally occurring bee nest.