Bees are a passive mob in the game.

If you attack one bee, all nearby bees will also join in, so be careful!

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Everything you need to know about Bees in Minecraft

There is no real reason to attack the bees.

The nests spawn during world generation and are found naturally throughout your world.

A nest can hold 2 to 3 bees per nest.

Bee Spawning in Minecraft

Once a bee finds a nest they will return there each night or if it starts raining.

), thats exactly two minutes before they will leave the nest.

you might also place a campfire underneath a nest, and the bees wont swarm you on destruction.

Crafting a bee hive in Minecraft

Breaking a nest or hive with silk touch will still anger nearby bees that arent inside the block!

Crafting a beehive

A beehive is an artificial way of housing bees.

The recipe is relatively simple, all you need is six planks of any wood and three honeycombs.

pacify bees with smoke

How does pollination work?

Pollination in Minecraft is an entirely new concept and hasnt been implemented in Minecraft before.

Understandably a few people are a bit confused by how this works.

How to craft a honey block in Minecraft

you’re free to collect this sweet reward in two ways.

The first way is to use shears on the block to get three honeycombs.

The second way is to use a glass bottle to harvest the honey directly.

However, if you do either of these, the bees will become aggressive.

you’re able to also use fire directly underneath the hive.

In this instance, they blooming love flowers (yes, I made a flower joke).

Giving two bees flowers will create a baby bee and provide some cool experience points.

The breeding cooldown for bees is five minutes.

It takes twenty minutes for the baby bee to grow up (one in-game day).

Honey Blocks can be crafted from 4 bottles of honey.

However, they dont carry Redstone signals.

Honey blocks will also slow down the movement speed of entities and prevent jumping.

This effect transfers through; carpets, bottom-half slabs, and daylight detectors.

Falling onto a Honey Block reduces fall damage by 80%.

You cannot place pressure pads or ladders onto Honey Blocks.

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