How to Get Bees Out of Hive Minecraft

Bee nests are naturally generated blocks that house bees.

Beehives are crafted versions of bee nests.

Contents

• 1 Obtaining
  • 1.1 Natural generation
  • 1.2 Breaking
  • 1.3 Crafting
  • 1.4 Post-generation
• 2 Usage
  • 2.1 Bee housing
  • 2.2 Harvesting
  • 2.3 Redstone component
  • 2.4 Note Blocks
  • 2.5 Fuel
• 3 Sounds
  • 3.1 Generic
  • 3.2 Unique
• 4 Data values
  • 4.1 ID
  • 4.2 Metadata
  • 4.3 Block states
  • 4.4 Block data
• 5 Advancements
• 6 Achievements
• 7 History
• 8 Issues
• 9 See also
• 10 Trivia
• 11 Gallery
• 12 References

Obtaining [ ]

Natural generation [ ]

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
Meadow	100%
Plains Sunflower plains	5%
Flower forest	2%	3%
Forest Birch forest Old growth birch forest	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 a beehive is destroyed with a Silk Touch tool, bees outside the hive become angry‌^{[ Bedrock Edition only ]}, while those kept within it remain neutral even after the hive is placed again.

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[A]
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

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 and flowering azaleas.

Usage [ ]

Bee housing [ ]

Dripping honey.

Bee nests and beehives can house up to 3 bees at a time. They can enter through any unobstructed side, top, or bottom, but can exit only from the front, and only if it's unobstructed by a solid block (including a non-full solid block in Bedrock Edition).

Bees fly into a nest or hive at night, during rain, and after loading up with pollen from a flower. They first look for one at the same coordinates as the last one they entered, but if there's no nest or hive there or it already contains 3 bees when they arrive, they search the nearby area for another one.

Igniting a nest or hive allows any bees inside to escape, possibly catching fire as they flee.

Harvesting [ ]

Bees are protected from a campfire by placing a carpet over it.‌^{[ Java Edition only ]}

Once full, bee nests and beehives provide two harvestable products: honey and honeycomb.

Each time a bee enters a nest or hive covered in pollen, it starts converting it to honey and honeycomb. After it's done, it waits for daylight with no rain (if necessary), then exits to go collect more pollen. When the bee exits, the hive increments its honey level by 1, to a maximum of 5. Once it's full, it changes its appearance to show honey oozing out and, if the block below it isn't a full solid block, starts dripping honey particles. (The dripping honey is decorative; it cannot be collected in a cauldron.) These changes signal that the hive or nest is ready for harvesting.

To harvest honey, the player uses a glass bottle on the nest or hive; the bottle then becomes a honey bottle. To harvest honeycomb, the player uses shears on the nest or hive, causing it to drop three honeycomb items. After harvesting, the hive or nest is reset to empty (honey level 0, with the default appearance).

Alternatively, honey or honeycomb can be harvested by powering a redstone dispenser containing either a glass bottle or shears . The dispenser must be placed beside and facing the hive or nest.

Harvesting from a beehive or bee nest causes any bees inside it to become aggravated toward the player, unless there is a fire directly beneath it or a lit campfire within five blocks below it with no obstruction between them. Placing a carpet above the campfire prevents bees from taking fire damage while hovering over it. In Java Edition, the smoke coming through the carpet also calms the bees. In Bedrock Edition a carpet is treated as an obstruction that removes the calming effect of the campfire's smoke. Without a carpet, the bees can still avoid fire damage if the campfire is placed 4–5 blocks below the nest.

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:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None [sound 1]	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wood.fall	None [sound 1]	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.wood.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

1. ↑ ^{a b} MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.wood	1.0	0.8
?	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.wood	0.4	1.0
?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.wood	0.23	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	0.12	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	0.18	1.0
?	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.wood	0.3	1.0
?	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.wood	1.0	0.8

Unique [ ]

This page would benefit from the addition of more sounds.

Please remove this notice once you've added suitable sounds to the article.
The specific instructions are: Honey bottle collection sound event

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Honey drips	Blocks	Honey particle hits a block	block.beehive.drip	subtitles.block.beehive.drip	0.1 - 0.3 [ check the code ]	0.7 / 0.9	16
	Bee enters hive	Blocks	Bee enters a block	block.beehive.enter	subtitles.block.beehive.enter	1.0	0.7 / 0.8	14
	Bee leaves hive	Blocks	Bee exits a block	block.beehive.exit	subtitles.block.beehive.exit	1.0	0.9 / 1.0 / 1.1	14
	Shears scrape	Friendly Creatures	Collecting honeycombs	block.beehive.shear	subtitles.block.beehive.shear	0.8	0.8 / 0.9 / 1.0	16
	Bees work	Blocks	Random when a bee is inside	block.beehive.work	subtitles.block.beehive.work	0.6	1.0	12

Data values [ ]

ID [ ]

Java Edition:

Name	Resource location	Block tags (JE)	Form	Translation key
Bee Nest	bee_nest	beehives	Block & Item	block.minecraft.bee_nest
Beehive	beehive	beehives	Block & Item	block.minecraft.beehive

Name	Resource location
Block entity	beehive

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Resource location	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Bee Nest	bee_nest	473	Block & Item	tile.bee_nest.name
Beehive	beehive	474	Block & Item	tile.beehive.name

Name	Savegame ID
Block entity	Beehive

Metadata [ ]

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

Block states [ ]

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	north	east north south west	The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the block.
honey_level	0	0 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:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
direction	0	0 1 2 3	The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the block.
honey_level	0	0 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.

Block data [ ]

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

Java Edition:

• Block entity data
  •  Bees: Entities currently in the hive.
    • An entity in the hive.
      •  EntityData: The NBT data of the entity in the hive.
        • See entity format.
      •  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.

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

Advancements [ ]

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	Bee Our Guest	Use a Campfire to collect Honey from a Beehive using a Bottle without aggravating the bees	Husbandry	Use a glass bottle on a beehive or bee nest while not angering the bees inside.	husbandry/safely_harvest_honey
	Total Beelocation	Move a Bee Nest, with 3 bees inside, using Silk Touch	Husbandry	—	husbandry/silk_touch_nest

Achievements [ ]

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other platforms
		Bee our guest	Use a Campfire to collect Honey from a Beehive using a Bottle without aggravating the bees.	—	15G	Bronze
		Total Beelocation	Move and place a Bee Nest, with 3 bees inside, using Silk Touch.	—	30G	Silver

History [ ]

Java Edition
1.15		19w34a			Added bee nests.
					Added bee hives.
		19w35a			Oak 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.
		19w36a			The top and bottom texture for filled bee hives are now missing.[1]
		19w37a			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."
		19w46a			Bees now exit hives only from the front.
					Hives no longer drop in creative mode, unless they contain bees.
1.15.2		Pre-Release 1			Oak 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.
1.16		20w13a			Bee nests now appear yellow on maps.
1.18		experimental snapshot 2			Bee nests now have a high chance[ more information needed ] to spawn in mountain meadows.
		21w39a			Bee nests now have a 100% chance to spawn in mountain meadows.
Bedrock Edition
1.14.0		beta 1.14.0.1			Added bee nests.
					Added beehives.
		beta 1.14.0.3			"Bee nest" has been renamed to "Bee Nest."
1.16.0		beta 1.15.0.51			Oak 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 1.16.0.57			Bee 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.
1.16.100		beta 1.16.100.54			Now appear yellow on maps.

Issues [ ]

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

See also [ ]

• Tutorials/Honey farming

Trivia [ ]

• Bee Nests cannot be moved using a piston.

Gallery [ ]

• 

  Artwork of Alex gathering honey from a beehive.

• 

  Artwork of several bees near a bee nest.

• 

  An oak tree with a bee nest.

• 

  A bee flying next to a bee nest.

References [ ]

1. ↑ MC-160456

How to Get Bees Out of Hive Minecraft

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