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 have different behavior on breaking. Both 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.

Saplings
Oak and birch trees grown from saplings that are within 2 blocks of any flower have 5% chance to grow with a bee nest with 1–3 bees in it.

Bee housing
The hives can house up to 3 bees at a time. Bees fly into the nest at night, during rain, and after pollinating.

Igniting the hive causes all bees inside to escape from it.

Bees can enter a beehive from the top, bottom, or sides when unobstructed by any block. $$, bees can only exit from the side of a beehive, when unobstructed by any solid block. $$, bees can exit from all directions, when unobstructed by any non-full block.

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. 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. If an empty glass bottle is used on a full beehive, the bottle fills with honey, becoming a honey bottle. Harvesting honey or honeycomb causes any bees inside the hive to become aggravated toward the player. If there is a lit campfire; or fire directly underneath the hive (campfire within five blocks underneath, without obstruction), harvesting the hive does not aggravate the bees inside. Using a dispenser with a or  via redstone 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. The carpet does not block the smoke, so the player can harvest the honey without angering the bees.

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.

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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.