{{Block
| title = Bee Nest/Beehive
| image = <gallery>
Bee Nest (S).png|Bee Nest
Bee Nest Honey (S).png|Bee Nest with honey
Beehive (S) JE1.png|Beehive
Beehive Honey (S) JE1.png|Beehive with honey
</gallery>
| extratext = View [[#Gallery|all renders]]
| transparent = No
| light = No
| tool = Axe
| stackable = Yes (64) without bees inside<br>No with bee(s) inside
| tntres = {{BlockSprite|bee nest}} Bee nest: {{blast resistance values|bee nest}}<br>{{BlockSprite|beehive}} Beehive: {{blast resistance values|beehive}}
| hardness = {{BlockSprite|bee nest}} Bee nest: {{hardness values|bee nest}}<br>{{BlockSprite|beehive}} Beehive: {{hardness values|beehive}}
| renewable = Yes
| flammable = '''Beehive''': Yes (5)<br>
'''Bee Nest''': Yes (30)
| lavasusceptible = Yes
}}

'''Bee nests''' and '''beehives''' are [[block]]s that house [[bee]]s. Bee nests are found naturally, and beehives are crafted. They fill with honey as bees pollinate flowers and return to their homes and, when full, can either be [[Shears|sheared]] for [[Honeycomb|honeycombs]] or [[Honey Bottle|honey bottles]] extracted using [[Glass Bottle|glass bottles]].

== Obtaining ==
=== Natural generation ===
[[File:Bee nest in superflat village.png|thumb|A naturally generated bee nest in a [[Superflat]] [[village]].]]

Naturally generated bee nests generate with 3 bees in them. The bee nests always face south.

Bee nests generate in the following biomes with different chances:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Biome
! colspan="3" | Chance<ref group="note">The chance for each naturally-generated oak, birch, mangrove tree, or cherry tree to have a bee nest.</ref>
|-
! '''[[Java Edition|JE]]'''
! '''[[Bedrock Edition|BE]]'''
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Meadow}}
| colspan="2" | <center>100%</center>
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Cherry Grove}}
| 5%
| {{tc|n/a}}
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Plains}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Sunflower plains}}
| colspan="2" | <center>5%</center>
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Mangrove Swamp}}
| 5%
| 4%
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Flower forest}}
| 2%
| 3%
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Forest}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Birch forest}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Old growth birch forest}}
| 0.2%
| 0.035%
|}<references group="note" />

=== Breaking ===
{{See also|Tutorials/Honey farming#Avoiding Bee Anger}}

Beehives and bee nests can be broken using any [[tool]] or by the [[player]]'s fist, though they break faster with an [[axe]]. 

If a bee nest or beehive is broken using 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 or beehive drops itself and any bees inside remain inside. The bees will not become angry when the block is placed.

If a bee nest or beehive is destroyed with a [[campfire]] under it and without a [[Silk Touch]] tool, they will emerge angry at the player.

If broken in [[Creative]] mode with bees inside, the bee nest or beehive drops itself and bees inside remain inside.

{{breaking row|horizontal=1|Bee Nest; Beehive|Axe; Axe|Any|link=none|drop=0}}

=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
|head=1
|A1= Any Planks |B1= Any Planks  |C1= Any Planks
|A2= Honeycomb  |B2= Honeycomb   |C2= Honeycomb 
|A3= Any Planks |B3= Any Planks  |C3= Any Planks
|Output= Beehive
|type= Decoration block
|foot=1
}}
Beehives can be crafted in a [[crafting table]]. Bee nests occur naturally and cannot be crafted.

=== Post-generation ===
[[Oak]], [[birch]], or [[mangrove]] trees grown from [[sapling]]s 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 [[bee]]s. This holds true in any biome in any dimension, and for any flower including [[wither rose]]s and flowering [[azalea|azaleas]].

== Usage ==
=== Bee housing ===
[[File:HoneyDropletsExample.png|thumb|Dripping honey.]]
Bee nests and beehives can house up to 3 [[bee]]s at a time. They can enter through any unobstructed side, top, or bottom, but can exit only from the front, and only if it is unobstructed by a [[solid block]] (including a [[Opacity#Types_of_transparent_blocks|non-full solid block]] {{in|be}}).

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 is 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 ===
{{Seealso|Tutorials/Honey farming}}
[[File:Beehive carpet over campfire.png|alt=The campfire is set into the ground and covered by a carpet to prevent the fire from damaging the bees.|thumb|right|uprgight|Bees are protected from a campfire by placing a [[carpet]] over it.{{only|java}}]]

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 is done, it waits for daylight with no rain (if necessary), then exits to go collect more pollen. When the bee exits, the nest or hive increments its honey level by 1, to a maximum of 5. Once it is full, it changes its appearance to show honey oozing out and, if the block below it is not a full [[solid block]], starts dripping honey [[particle]]s. (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 {{control|uses}} a glass bottle on the nest or hive; the bottle then becomes a [[honey bottle]]. To harvest honeycomb, the player {{control|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 {{ItemLink|glass bottle}} or {{ItemLink|shears}}. The dispenser must be placed beside and facing the hive or nest.
[[File:Campfire beehive diagram max distance.png|thumb|This is the maximum distance a [[beehive]] can be from a [[campfire]] while applying the calming effect (5 [[block]]s).]]


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 [[block]]s below, and the smoke is not obstructed. Smoke can pass through no more than one solid block, and only if that block is directly above the campfire. Placing a carpet above the campfire leaves room for the bees to hover beneath the nest and still avoid taking fire damage. 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 block covering the fire, 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 block]]s to produce bass sounds.

=== Fuel ===

{{IN|be}}, beehives and bee nests can be used as fuel in a furnace, smelting 1.5 items per block.

== Sounds ==

=== Generic ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{Sound table/Block/Wood/JE}}
{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{Sound table/Block/Normal/BE}}

=== Unique ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{Sound table
|sound=Beehive drip1.ogg
|sound2=Beehive drip2.ogg
|sound3=Beehive drip3.ogg
|sound4=Beehive drip4.ogg
|sound5=Beehive drip5.ogg
|sound6=Beehive drip6.ogg
|subtitle=Honey drips
|source=block
|description=When a honey drip particle hits a block
|id=block.beehive.drip
|translationkey=subtitles.block.beehive.drip
|volume=0.09-0.3
|pitch=''varies'' <ref group=sound>Can be 0.7 or 0.9 for each sound</ref>
|distance=8}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Beehive enter.ogg
|subtitle=Bee enters hive
|source=block
|description=When a bee enters a beehive
|id=block.beehive.enter
|translationkey=subtitles.block.beehive.enter
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.7/0.8
|distance=14}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Beehive exit.ogg
|subtitle=Bee leaves hive
|source=block
|description=When a bee exits a beehive
|id=block.beehive.exit
|translationkey=subtitles.block.beehive.exit
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.9/1.0/1.1
|distance=14}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Beehive shear.ogg
|source=block
|subtitle=Shears scrape
|description=When honeycombs are harvested from a beehive
|id=block.beehive.shear
|translationkey=subtitles.block.beehive.shear
|volume=0.8
|pitch=1.0/0.8/0.9
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Beehive work1.ogg
|sound2=Beehive work2.ogg
|sound3=Beehive work3.ogg
|sound4=Beehive work4.ogg
|subtitle=Bees work
|source=block
|description=Randomly while a bee is inside
|id=block.beehive.work
|translationkey=subtitles.block.beehive.work
|volume=0.6
|pitch=1.0
|distance=12}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Bottle fill water1.ogg
|sound2=Bottle fill water2.ogg
|sound3=Bottle fill water3.ogg
|sound4=Bottle fill water4.ogg
|subtitle=Bottle fills
|source=block
|description=When a bottle is filled with honey
|id=item.bottle.fill
|translationkey=subtitles.item.bottle.fill
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Beehive drip1.ogg
|sound2=Beehive drip2.ogg
|sound3=Beehive drip3.ogg
|sound4=Beehive drip4.ogg
|source=block
|description=When a honey drip particle hits a block
|id=block.beehive.drip
|volume=0.3
|pitch=0.7-0.9}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Beehive enter.ogg
|source=block
|description=When a bee enters a beehive
|id=block.beehive.enter
|volume=0.75
|pitch=0.7-0.8}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Beehive exit.ogg
|source=block
|description=When a bee exits a beehive
|id=block.beehive.exit
|volume=0.75
|pitch=0.9-1.1}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Beehive shear.ogg
|source=block
|description=When honeycombs are collected from a beehive
|id=block.beehive.shear
|volume=0.8
|pitch=0.8-1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Beehive work1.ogg
|sound2=Beehive work2.ogg
|sound3=Beehive work3.ogg
|sound4=Beehive work4.ogg
|source=block
|description=Randomly while a bee is inside
|id=block.beehive.work
|volume=0.6
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Fill water bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Fill water bucket2.ogg
|sound3=Fill water bucket3.ogg
|source=block
|description=When a bottle is filled with honey<wbr><ref group=sound>{{Bug|MCPE-53881}}</ref>
|id=bucket.fill_water
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showblocktags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Bee Nest
|spritetype=block
|nameid=bee_nest
|blocktags=beehives}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Beehive
|spritetype=block
|nameid=beehive
|blocktags=beehives
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Block entity
|spritename=beehives
|spritetype=block
|nameid=beehive
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Bee Nest
|spritetype=block
|nameid=bee_nest
|id=473}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Beehive
|spritetype=block
|nameid=beehive
|id=474
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|notnamespaced=y
|displayname=Block entity
|spritename=beehives
|spritetype=block
|nameid=Beehive
|foot=1}}

=== Block states ===
{{/BS}}

=== Block data ===

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

{{el|java}}:
{{see also|Block entity format}}
{{/BE|hive}}

{{el|bedrock}}:
: See [[Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format]].

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Bee Our Guest;Total Beelocation}}

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Bee Our Guest;Total Beelocation}}

== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.15|snap=19w34a|[[File:Bee Nest (N) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Bee Nest (E) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Bee Nest (S) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Bee Nest (W) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Bee Nest (N) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Bee Nest Honey (E) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Bee Nest Honey (S) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Bee Nest (W) JE1.png|32px]] Added bee nests.
|[[File:Beehive (N) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beehive (E) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beehive (S) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beehive (W) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beehive (N) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beehive Honey (E) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beehive Honey (S) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beehive (W) JE1.png|32px]] Added bee hives.}}
{{History|||snap=19w35a|Oak and birch [[tree]]s generated from [[sapling]]s 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.}}
{{History|||snap=19w36a|[[File:Beehive Honey (N) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Beehive Honey (E) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Beehive Honey (S) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Beehive Honey (W) JE2.png|32px]] The top and bottom texture for filled bee hives are now [[Resource pack#Textures|missing]].<ref>{{bug|MC-160456}}</ref>}}
{{History|||snap=19w37a|[[File:Beehive (N) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beehive Honey (E) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beehive Honey (S) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beehive (W) JE1.png|32px]] The top and bottom texture for filled bee hives are now fixed.}}
{{History|||snap=19w41a|"Bee hive" has been renamed to "Beehive."}}
{{History|||snap=19w42a|"Bee nest" has been renamed to "Bee Nest."}}
{{History|||snap=19w46a|[[Bee]]s now exit hives only from the front.
|Hives no longer drop in [[Creative]] mode, unless they contain bees.}}
{{History||1.15.2|snap=Pre-Release 1|Oak and birch [[sapling]]s grown within 2 [[block]]s of a [[flower]] on the same y-level have a 5% chance to have a bee nest, making bee nests a [[renewable resource]].}}
|Bee nests now have a 2% chance to spawn in [[flower forest]]s.
|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.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w06a|[[Crimson planks]] and [[warped planks]] can now be used to craft beehives.}}
{{History|||snap=20w13a|Bee nests now appear yellow on [[maps]].}}
{{History||1.18|snap=experimental snapshot 2|Bee nests now have a high chance to spawn in [[mountain meadow]]s.{{info needed|exact percentage}}}}
{{History|||snap=21w39a|Bee nests now have a 100% chance to spawn in meadows.}}
{{History||1.19|snap=22w11a|[[Mangrove planks]] can now be used to craft beehives.}}
{{History|||snap=22w14a|Bee nests now have a 5% chance to spawn in mangrove trees as well as inside mangrove swamps.}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.4|snap=23w07a|Bee nests now have a 5%{{verify}} chance to spawn in [[cherry tree]]s as well as inside [[cherry grove]]s.
|[[Cherry planks]] can now be used to craft beehives.}}

{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.14.0|snap=beta 1.14.0.1|[[File:Bee Nest (N) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Bee Nest (E) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Bee Nest (S) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Bee Nest (N) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Bee Nest (N) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Bee Nest Honey (E) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Bee Nest Honey (S) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Bee Nest (N) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added bee nests.
|[[File:Beehive (N) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beehive (E) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beehive (S) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beehive (W) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beehive (N) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beehive Honey (E) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beehive Honey (S) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beehive (W) BE1.png|32px]] Added beehives.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.14.0.3|"Bee nest" has been renamed to "Bee Nest."}}
{{History||1.16.0|snap=beta 1.15.0.51|Oak and birch [[sapling]]s grown within 2 [[block]]s of a [[flower]] on the same y-level now have a 5% chance to have a bee nest.}}
{{History|||snap=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.}}
{{History||1.16.100|snap=beta 1.16.100.54|Now appear yellow on [[maps]].}}
{{History||1.18.30|snap=beta 1.18.20.27|Breaking a nest or hive with Silk Touch no longer angers bees.}}
{{History||1.19|snap=beta 1.19.0.20|Bee nests now have a chance to spawn in mangrove trees as well as inside mangrove swamps.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== See also ==
* [[Tutorials/Honey farming]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Bee Nest (S).png
Bee Nest (W).png
Bee Nest (N).png
Bee Nest (E).png
Bee Nest Honey (S).png
Bee Nest Honey (W).png
Bee Nest Honey (N).png
Bee Nest Honey (E).png
Bee Nest (W) BE.png
Bee Nest (N).png
Bee Nest (E) BE.png
Bee Nest Honey (W) BE.png
Bee Nest Honey (N) BE.png
Bee Nest Honey (E) BE.png
Beehive (S) JE1.png
Beehive (W) JE1.png
Beehive (N) JE1.png
Beehive (E) JE1.png
Beehive (W) JE1.png
Beehive (N) JE1.png
Beehive Honey (S) JE1.png
Beehive Honey (E) JE1.png

</gallery>
=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
Alex Buzzy Bees.png|Artwork of [[Player|Alex]] gathering honey from a beehive.
Bee Nest Artwork.png|Artwork of several bees near a bee nest.
Oak Tree with Bee nest.png|An oak tree with a bee nest.
Bee and bee nest.png|A bee flying next to a bee nest.
3 Hives close.png|3 bee hives generated close to each other.
2 beehives in birch forest.png|2 beehives found close together, found in birch forest.
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{blocks|vegetation}}

[[Category:Manufactured blocks]]
[[Category:Natural blocks]]
[[Category:Animal blocks]]
[[Category:Block entities]]
[[Category:Utility blocks]]
[[Category:Storage]]
[[Category:Flammable blocks]]

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