Description

Bee nests are natural wooden homes for bees and they bring life to meadows and flower rich areas. A bee nest looks like a small hollow log with a hole and it holds a colony of bees that come and go to collect pollen and make honey inside. In the game bee nests add natural behaviour because bees will leave the nest to visit flowers and return with pollen which they store inside. Over time the nest can fill with honey and players can harvest honey or honeycomb from a full nest using a glass bottle or shears. To avoid angering the bees players can place a campfire below the nest to calm the colony before harvesting. Bee nests are both decorative and practical because they encourage nearby flowers to be pollinated which helps crops grow faster and yields more plant drops. They make meadows and gardens feel active and alive which is perfect for players who like to create working farms and natural looking landscapes. When a nest is broken bees may become aggressive so harvesting carefully is part of responsible play. The block interacts well with other farm blocks because it supports bee breeding and it works with simple redstone contraptions for automated honey collection. In villages and natural areas nests help shape the local ecosystem and they give players an opportunity to work with living mobs rather than only building with blocks. For players who enjoy farming and gentle automation a bee nest is a rewarding find that ties together farming decoration and a living world.

What is Bee Nest?

A bee nest is a natural block that houses a colony of bees. It acts as a home where bees store pollen and produce honey. Bees fly to flowers to collect pollen and then return to the nest. The nest can fill with honey over time and when it is full players can collect honey or honeycomb from it. The behaviour of bees around the nest makes nearby crops grow better because of pollination and it creates a small living ecology that players can use in farms and displays.

Where to find Bee Nest

Bee nests generate naturally on trees in flower rich areas and meadow like biomes. When you walk through plains flower forest and sunflower plains you will often see bee nests attached to tree trunks. They appear in small numbers so exploration is usually required to find them. Nests are part of natural terrain and are placed on logs where bees will live and work. Searching near dense patches of flowers will increase the chance of finding a nest because bees need flowers to gather pollen.

How to get Bee Nest

You can collect a bee nest using shears if you want the block itself and to keep the bees inside. If the nest is full of honey use a glass bottle to collect honey or use shears to collect honeycomb after calming the bees with a campfire below the nest. Breaking a nest without shears will free the bees and may anger them so it is best to be prepared with a campfire or protective gear. In creative mode you can take the bee nest directly from the inventory.

Release Information

First introduced: Added in Minecraft Java Edition 1.15 in 2019

Give Command

/give @p minecraft:bee_nest 1
Copy this command to get Bee Nest in your Minecraft world

How to use Bee Nest

Place a bee nest in your garden or farm to start a small bee colony. Use flowers nearby to encourage bees to gather pollen and to help crop growth by pollination. When the nest is full of honey calm the bees with a campfire and harvest honey or honeycomb for crafting. Use nests in decorative builds to add life to meadows and markets and combine them with beehives and flowers for a working honey farm. Be careful when moving nests because bees will react if you do not use shears and a campfire.

Recipes for Bee Nest

This item cannot be crafted.