Beehive

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Bee Nest/Beehive
Renewable

Yes

Stackable

Yes (64)

Tool

Blast resistance

Bee nest: 0.3
Beehive: 0.6

Hardness

Bee nest: 0.3
Beehive: 0.6

Luminant

Yes[verify]

Transparent

No

Flammable

Beehive: Yes (5)
Bee Nest: Yes (30)

Catches fire from lava

Yes

Bee nests are naturally generated blocks that house bees.

Beehives are crafted versions of bee nests.

Obtaining

Natural generation

File:Bee nest in superflat village.png
A naturally generated bee nest in a Superflat village.

Naturally generated bee nests generate with 3 bees in them.

Bee nests generate in the following biomes with different chances:

Biome Chance[note 1]
JE BE
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5%
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0.2% 0.035%
  1. The chance for each naturally-generated oak or birch tree to have a bee nest.

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.

Block Bee Nest Beehive
Hardness 0.3 0.6
Tool
Breaking time[FN 1]
Default 0.45 0.9
Wooden 0.25 0.45
Stone 0.15 0.25
Iron 0.1 0.15
Diamond 0.1 0.15
Netherite 0.05 0.1
Golden 0.05 0.1
  1. Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Any Planks +
Honeycomb

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.

Usage

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. In Java Edition, bees can exit only from the front of a beehive, when unobstructed by any solid block. In Bedrock Edition, bees can exit from all directions, when unobstructed by any non-full block.

Harvesting

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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 used 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;[1] however, this inconsistency is intended.[2] 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 glass bottle or shears to harvest the hive or nest also prevents the bees from attacking the player.

File:Beehive carpet over campfire.png
In Java Edition, bees can be protected from the campfire by placing a carpet over it.

In Java Edition, 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 will attack the player.

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

In Bedrock Edition, beehives and bee nests can be used as fuel in a furnace, smelting 1.5 items per block.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

SoundSubtitleSourceDescriptionNamespaced IDTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
File:Wood dig1.oggFile:Wood dig2.oggFile:Wood dig3.oggFile:Wood dig4.oggBlock brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.wood.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break1.00.816
File:Wood hit1.oggFile:Wood hit2.oggFile:Wood hit3.oggFile:Wood hit4.oggFile:Wood hit5.oggFile:Wood hit6.oggNone[sound 1]BlocksFalling on the block with fall damageblock.wood.fallNone[sound 1]0.50.7516
File:Wood hit1.oggFile:Wood hit2.oggFile:Wood hit3.oggFile:Wood hit4.oggFile:Wood hit5.oggFile:Wood hit6.oggBlock breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.wood.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit0.250.516
File:Wood dig1.oggFile:Wood dig2.oggFile:Wood dig3.oggFile:Wood dig4.oggBlock placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.wood.placesubtitles.block.generic.place1.00.816
File:Wood hit1.oggFile:Wood hit2.oggFile:Wood hit3.oggFile:Wood hit4.oggFile:Wood hit5.oggFile:Wood hit6.oggFootstepsBlocksWalking on the blockblock.wood.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

SoundSourceDescriptionNamespaced IDVolumePitch
?BlocksOnce the block has brokendig.wood1.00.8
?BlocksFalling on the block with fall damagefall.wood0.41.0
?BlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.wood0.230.5
?BlocksJumping from the blockjump.wood0.121.0
?BlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.wood0.181.0
?BlocksWalking on the blockstep.wood0.31.0
?BlocksWhen the block is placeduse.wood1.00.8

Unique

Template:More sounds Java Edition:

SoundSubtitleSourceDescriptionNamespaced IDTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
File:Beehive drip1.oggFile:Beehive drip2.oggFile:Beehive drip3.oggFile:Beehive drip4.oggFile:Beehive drip5.oggFile:Beehive drip6.oggHoney dripsBlocksHoney particle hits a blockblock.beehive.dripsubtitles.block.beehive.drip0.1 - 0.3 Template:Checkthecode0.7 / 0.916
File:Beehive enter.oggBee enters hiveBlocksBee enters a blockblock.beehive.entersubtitles.block.beehive.enter1.00.7 / 0.814
File:Beehive exit.oggBee leaves hiveBlocksBee exits a blockblock.beehive.exitsubtitles.block.beehive.exit1.00.9 / 1.0 / 1.114
File:Beehive shear.oggShears scrapeFriendly CreaturesCollecting honeycombsblock.beehive.shearsubtitles.block.beehive.shear0.80.8 / 0.9 / 1.016
File:Beehive work1.oggFile:Beehive work2.oggFile:Beehive work3.oggFile:Beehive work4.oggBees workBlocksRandom when a bee is insideblock.beehive.worksubtitles.block.beehive.work0.61.012

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameNamespaced IDBlock tags (JE)FormTranslation key
Bee Nestbee_nestbeehivesBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.bee_nest
BeehivebeehivebeehivesBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.beehive
NameNamespaced ID
Block entitybeehive

Bedrock Edition:

NameNamespaced IDNumeric ID FormTranslation key
Bee Nestbee_nest473Block & Itemtile.bee_nest.name
Beehivebeehive474Block & Itemtile.beehive.name
NameSavegame ID
Block entityBeehive

Metadata

See also: data values

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

Block states

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Block data

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

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Advancements

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Achievements

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History

Java Edition
1.1519w34a32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Added bee nests.
32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Added bee hives.
19w35aOak and birch trees generated from saplings can no longer have bee nests.
Bee nests now cannot generate unless there is air in front of the front side of the nest.
Bee hives and bee nests are now flammable.
19w36a32px 32px 32px 32px The top and bottom texture for filled bee hives are now missing.[3]
19w37a32px 32px 32px 32px The top and bottom texture for filled bee hives are now fixed.
19w41a"Bee hive" has been renamed to "Beehive."
19w42a"Bee nest" has been renamed to "Bee Nest."
19w46aBees now exit hives only from the front.
Hives no longer drop in creative mode, unless they contain bees.
1.15.2Pre-Release 1Oak and birch saplings grown within 2 blocks of a flower on the same y-level have a 5% chance to have a bee nest.
Bee nests now have a 2% chance to spawn in flower forests.
Bee nests now have a 0.2% chance to spawn in forest, wooded hills, birch forest, tall birch forest, birch forest hills, and tall birch hills biomes.
1.1620w13aBee nests now appear yellow on maps.
Bedrock Edition
1.14.0beta 1.14.0.132px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Added bee nests.
32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Added beehives.
beta 1.14.0.3"Bee nest" has been renamed to "Bee Nest."
1.16.0beta 1.15.0.51Oak and birch saplings grown within 2 blocks of a flower on the same y-level now have a 5% chance to have a bee nest.
beta 1.16.0.57Bee nests now have a 3% chance to generate in flower forest.
Bee nests now have a 5% chance to generate in plains and sunflower plains.
Bee nests now have a 0.035% chance to generate in forest, wooded hills, birch forest, tall birch forest, birch forest hills, and tall birch hills biomes.
1.16.100beta 1.16.100.54Now appear yellow on maps.

Issues

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

See also

Trivia

  • Bee Nests cannot be moved using a piston.

Gallery

References

  1. MC-160079
  2. MC-169497 – resolved as "Works as Intended"
  3. MC-160456

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