What is Bee Nest in Minecraft?
A bee nest is a natural block that serves as a home for a small colony of bees. It looks like a light brown, cube shaped hive with small holes in it. The main purpose of a bee nest is to house bees and to produce honey. Bees will leave the nest during the day to collect pollen from flowers and then return to work inside, slowly increasing the honey level. When the nest is full, you can see golden honey dripping from its holes. This honey is a valuable resource for players. Finding a bee nest is the first step to starting your own bee farm and getting a steady supply of honey and honeycomb. They are a key part of the ecosystem in certain biomes, adding life and a sweet new resource to the game.
How to get Bee Nest in Minecraft
Bee nests are generated naturally on oak and birch trees when a world is created. They are most commonly found in biomes with lots of flowers, such as plains, sunflower plains, and especially flower forests. They have a small chance to spawn on any oak or birch tree that grows near flowers. To collect a bee nest, you must use a tool enchanted with Silk Touch. If you break it with any other tool, the nest will break, and the angry bees inside will attack you, but you will not get the nest block. The safest way to harvest a bee nest is to first place a campfire directly underneath it. The smoke from the campfire will calm the bees, so they will not attack you when you break the nest with your Silk Touch tool. This allows you to safely move the nest back to your base.
How to use Bee Nest in Minecraft
The main use for a bee nest is to harvest honey products. When the nest is full of honey, which you can tell by the dripping texture and by right clicking it, you have two options. If you use a glass bottle on the full nest, you will get a bottle of honey, which is a great food item. If you use shears on the full nest, you will get three honeycombs. Honeycomb is used to craft your own beehives, which work just like bee nests, and to make decorative honeycomb blocks and candles. Be careful, as harvesting from a nest without a campfire underneath will make the bees angry. You can use a bee nest to start a bee farm by bringing it back to your base and placing flowers nearby. The bees will pollinate the flowers, which can also help your crops grow faster.
How to craft Bee Nest in Minecraft
No recipes for this block.
What can Bee Nest make in Minecraft
No items can be crafted.