Beehive
Beehive is the crafted bee home, storing honey levels for bottles, honeycomb, and crop pollination.
Description
Using a glass bottle collects honey, while shears collect honeycomb. Without a campfire smoke source underneath, harvesting angers the residents and nearby bees, so farms normally hide a campfire below the block. Pollinated bees speed crop growth while flying home, making a small apiary useful beside wheat, carrots, potatoes, and other fields. The block can be moved with silk touch, but careless breaking releases or loses the colony depending on timing.
Java & Bedrock Guide
How to craft and harvest a Beehive in Minecraft
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Craft the beehive
Place 6 wooden planks and 3 honeycomb in a crafting table: planks fill the top and bottom rows, while the 3 honeycomb go across the middle row, making 1 beehive.
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Attract up to 3 bees
Lead bees to the hive by holding a flower, or place the hive near existing bees. They enter at night, during rain, or after pollinating a flower.
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Let the honey level build
Each time a bee leaves, pollinates a flower, and returns, the honey level rises by one. At honey level 5 the hive looks full and starts dripping honey.
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Place a campfire underneath
Set a campfire 1-5 blocks below the hive so its smoke reaches the bees. The smoke stops them from attacking when you harvest.
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Harvest honey or honeycomb
Use a glass bottle on a level-5 hive to get a honey bottle, or use shears to get 3 honeycomb. Harvesting resets the honey level back to 0.
Harvesting without campfire smoke nearby angers the bees inside the hive and any bees around it, so always keep a lit campfire below the beehive.
How to craft this block
Used in crafts
Related blocks
Frequently asked questions
Can you craft a Beehive?
Yes. Combine 6 wooden planks and 3 honeycomb in a crafting table — planks on the top and bottom rows, honeycomb across the middle — to make 1 beehive.
What is the difference between a Beehive and a Bee Nest?
A beehive is crafted by the player, while a bee nest generates naturally in flower forest, plains, and meadow trees. Both house up to 3 bees and behave the same way.
How do you harvest a Beehive without being stung?
Place a lit campfire 1-5 blocks under the hive. Its smoke calms the bees so you can safely use a glass bottle or shears at honey level 5.
How many bees can live in a Beehive?
Up to 3 bees can share one beehive at a time.
Can you move a Beehive with bees inside?
Yes. Mine it with a Silk Touch tool while the bees are home (at night or during rain) to keep the whole colony inside the block.
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