the bees of Minecraft They might just be a cute mob added to the game during updates, but they can be so much more than just an aesthetically pleasing addition, since you’ve got shaders for that, after all.
Essentially, bees allow you to collect honey and create hives for them while speeding up the growth of your crop and providing you with great ingredients for food. While that’s ideal, getting a beehive and collecting honey in the game can be a bit of a chore.
So with that in mind, we’ve rounded up everything you need to know about how to make a beehive in Minecraft, find bees, and how to harvest honey.
How to find bees in Minecraft
Bees are quite common in a variety of biomes throughout Minecraft. They can usually be seen on oak and birch plains, in flower woods, and also on sunflower plains near and/or around bee nests.
They appear automatically and are not prone to unprovoked aggression. However, if you try to collect honey or attack any member of the nest, the bees will retaliate by poisoning you with their stingers.
How to harvest honey in Minecraft
Knowing how to get honey and honeycomb in Minecraft requires a careful approach and following a few simple steps. To collect honey and honeycomb in Minecraft follow these steps:
To collect honey in Minecraft:
- Make an empty glass bottle (three glasses)
- Find a full hive
- Right-click (or the respective button) on the entire hive
Keep in mind that bees must have deposited five batches of pollen before you can harvest honey.
To harvest honeycomb in Minecraft:
- Craft scissors (two iron)
- Use the scissors on the full hive
- collect the honeycomb
How to make a beehive in Minecraft
Knowing how to make a beehive in Minecraft is easy when you have a crafting table and the recipe. Here’s how to make a beehive:
- On the crafting grid, place three wooden planks in the top and bottom three slots.
- Then place three honeycombs in the three middle slots.
- And voila, you will have made a Minecraft beehive!
