

It’s best if you do this before you set out unless you have a crafting table in your inventory. Next, you’re going to need a campfire to lull the bees inside the nest. You can find them in specific biomes like Flower Forest, Plains, and Sunflower Plains, or you can follow the bees to their nest. If you don’t already have honeycomb in your inventory, you’re going to need to find a bee nest in the wild to harvest some. Making a beehive closer to your home is a great way to ensure that you have honey and honeycombs at your fingertips, but it takes a bit of groundwork. The bees surrounding the nest will also get angry and swarm the player, even if you have a campfire going. Using a tool without Silk Touch will break a bee nest, but it won’t drop anything.

Using fire reduces the chances of aggravating the bees when you harvest the honey. Make sure there are no obstructions between the fire and the nest and placement is within five blocks underneath it. You’ll see honey dripping from the nest, and sometimes onto the floor. If you want to leave it where it is, follow the steps below to get honey: Many players choose to leave the nest where it is if it’s conveniently located. Once you find a bee nest, you have two choices: leave it where it is or move it to another location. Not only will you be left with a poison effect, but the bee won’t drop anything useful if it dies this way. They’ll sting you and die if you try to take their nest without smoke. If you can’t find a nest but see bees in the wild, you can simply follow it home. You can find them in birch or oak trees in different biomes like Plains, Sunflower Plains, or Flower Forest. However, if you have your heart set on collecting honey from these wondrous new additions, there is a way to do it safely: Method 1 – Use a Bee Nestįinding a naturally spawned bee nest is your best bet when you first start.

Bee stings inflict a poison effect that may make players think twice before approaching one again. Also like the real world, careless Minecraft adventurers may get stung if they venture too close to a bee. As in the real world, Minecraft bees carry pollen from flowers to their hives to make honey.
