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This content has appeared in development versions, but the full update containing it has not been released yet.

Bee hives are craftable versions of bee nests.

Obtaining

Bee hives can be mined by any tool or by the player's fist. If broken with a tool enchanted with Silk Touch, the bees will remain inside. Otherwise, they will come out of the hive and swarm the player unless a campfire is put under it.

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Any Planks +
Honeycomb

[upcoming: JE 1.15]

Usage

Bee housing

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

Harvesting

Pollinated bees will fly into bee hives and start working for a while. When done, they will exit the hive, increasing the honey level by 1. When the honey level has reached 5, the block's appearance will change to be full of honey, and will produce dripping honey particles if suspended above the ground. If shears are used on a full bee hive, it will drop three honeycombs. If an empty glass bottle is used on a full bee hive, it will fill the bottle with honey, giving a honey bottle. Any bees inside the hive when harvesting will become aggravated towards the player. If there is a lit campfire directly underneath the hive, the bees inside will not become aggravated when harvesting it.

Data values

ID

Beehive/ID

Block states

Java Edition:

Name Default value Allowed values Description
facingnortheast
north
south
west
The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the block.
honey_level00
1
2
3
4
5
Every pollinated bee that leaves the hive after working increases the honey level by one. When at level 5, honey can be bottled or honeycombs can be harvested.

Bedrock Edition:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
directionNot Supported00
1
2
3
UnsupportedThe direction the block faces.
  • 0: south
  • 1: west
  • 2: north
  • 3: east
honey_levelNot Supported00
1
2
3
4
5
UnsupportedEvery pollinated bee that leaves the hive after working increases the honey level by one. When at level 5, honey can be bottled or honeycombs can be harvested.

Block entity

A bee hive has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

  • Block entity data
    • Tags common to all block entities
    •  Bees: Entities currently in the hive.
      • An entity in the hive.
        •  EntityData: The NBT data of the entity in the hive.
        •  MinOccupationTicks: The minimum amount of time in ticks for this entity to stay in the hive.
        •  TicksInHive: The amount of ticks the entity has stayed in the hive.
    •  FlowerPos: Stores the location of a flower, so other bees can go to it.
      •  X: X coordinate of the flower.
      •  Y: Y coordinate of the flower.
      •  Z: Z coordinate of the flower.

History

Upcoming Java Edition
1.1519w34aAdded bee hives.

Issues

Issues relating to "Beehive" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

See also

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