Beehive

Bee nests are naturally generated blocks that house bees.

Beehives are crafted versions of bee nests.

Natural generation


Naturally generated bee nests generate with 3 bees in them.

Bee nests generate in the following biomes with different chances:

Bee nests are most commonly found in the flower forest biome because of its high tree and flower density.

Breaking
Beehives and bee nests can be mined by any tool or by the player's fist, though they break faster with an axe.

If a bee nest is broken with a tool not enchanted with Silk Touch, it drops nothing and any bees inside emerge angry at the player. If a Silk Touch tool is used, the bee nest drops itself and any bees inside remain inside.

If broken in Creative mode with bees inside, the beehive or nest drops itself and bees inside remain inside.

Crafting
Only beehives can be crafted in a crafting table. Bee nests occur naturally and cannot be crafted.

Post-generation
Oak or birch trees grown from saplings that are within 2 blocks (including diagonally) of a flower on the same y-level have a 5% chance to grow with a bee nest containing 1–3 bees. This holds true in any biome in any dimension, and for any flower including wither roses.

Bee housing
Bee nests and beehives can house up to 3 bees at a time. They can enter through any unobstructed side, top, or bottom, but can exit only from the front, and only if it's unobstructed by a solid block (including a non-full solid block $$).

Bees fly into a nest or hive at night, during rain, and after loading up with pollen from a flower. They first look for one at the same coordinates as the last one they entered, but if there's no nest or hive there or it already contains 3 bees when they arrive, they search the nearby area for another one.

Igniting a nest or hive allows any bees inside to escape, possibly catching fire as they flee.

Harvesting


Pollinated bees fly into beehives and start working for a while. When done, they exit the hive, increasing the honey level by 1. When the honey level has reached 5, the block's appearance changes, indicating that it is full of honey, and produces dripping honey particles if suspended above the ground. The dripping honey is decorative and the drops cannot be collected by a cauldron or other means. If an empty glass bottle is used on a full beehive, the bottle fills with honey, becoming a honey bottle. If shears are on a full beehive, it drops three honeycombs. Unlike with shearing pumpkins, these honeycomb items are generated directly in the center of the block, causing them to spray everywhere; however, this inconsistency is intended. Harvesting honey or honeycomb causes any bees inside the hive to become aggravated toward the player. If there is a lit campfire within five blocks underneath the hive, without obstruction, or a fire directly underneath the hive, then harvesting the hive does not aggravate the bees inside. Using a redstone powered dispenser with either a or  to harvest the hive or nest also prevents the bees from attacking the player.

$$, the campfire can be placed below ground level with a carpet on top of it to prevent bees from taking fire damage from the campfire while hovering over it. Normal fire must be unobstructed, otherwise the bees attack the player. $$, a carpet over a campfire is treated as an obstruction and bees become aggravated when the nest is disturbed.

Redstone component
Beehives and bee nests have comparator output with a strength equal to the honey level in the block. Once the beehive or bee nest is filled with honey it emits a signal strength of five.

Note Blocks
Beehives and bee nests can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass" sound.

Fuel
$$, beehives and bee nests can be used as fuel in a furnace, smelting 1.5 items per block.

ID




Metadata
Aside from an east-facing honeyless beehive, no beehives can be placed or tested for with metadata.

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

Trivia

 * Bee Nests cannot be moved using a piston.