How to Get Honey From a Beehive in Minecraft (2024)

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How to Get Honey From a Beehive in Minecraft? ›

If you right click a full nest with a empty bottle, you get honey. However it also anger bees. To make it not angry, you can place a campfire 2 block under it, so smoke goes up directly to bee nest. Then, you can collect honey with empty bottle or honey comb if sheared.

Honey bottles, like honey blocks, were added to Minecraft in version 1.15 – the Buzzy Bees update. As the name suggests, they're obtainable from bees – specifically, by hitting the use key on a beehive or bee nest while holding a glass bottle.

Why are my bees not making honey in Minecraft? A bug in previous versions can prevent bees from making honey, so install the latest Minecraft updates. Also, bees can't enter the hive to make honey if there are any blocks (including flowers) directly next to the hive, so make sure the bees aren't blocked.

As shown here, it is important to place a campfire beneath before harvesting from it to avoid angering the bees nearby. Angry bees attack you, lose their stingers, and die shortly after.

Bees in Minecraft, added in version 1.15, are quite temperamental, as they are in real life. Especially when someone tries to take their honey. There is, however, a way to combat this. Putting a campfire underneath the hive will make the bees relaxed, and you can freely harvest honey bottles without being attacked.

Bee nests in Minecraft can only be moved if you have the Silk Touch Enchantment on your tools. Without it, breaking a bee nest will only anger the bees inside, making them attack you and it won't drop the bee nest. If you don't have the enchantment, you can build your bees a replacement home to lead them to.

Breaking a nest or collecting honey from it will lead to all the bees in the area attacking you at once. Instead, put a campfire below the nest and light it – the smoke will calm the bees, allowing you to collect honey without risk of attack.

Afterward, the bee flies back into its hive/nest and makes honey. It takes about 2 minutes for the bee to do this. That increases the amount of honey in a hive/nest by 1; there is a 1% chance for it to increase by 2. When the amount reaches 5, honey can be seen dripping from the bottom and front of the hive/nest.

To make a honey block, place 4 honey bottles in the 3x3 crafting grid. When making a honey block, it is important that the honey bottles are placed in the exact pattern as the image below. In the first row, there should be 1 honey bottle in the first box and 1 honey bottle in the second box.

You cannot tame bees and they will not follow you like dogs will unless you are holding a flower. You can however keep a beehive in or near your base to keep bees as pets. You can't mount or fly a bee either.

How to make wax in Minecraft? ›

Using a honeycomb on a block of copper changes the block into its waxed variant, preventing oxidation of the copper.

If you're worried about how much honey you're leaving, you can always forgo extracting your honey this year. There is nothing wrong with leaving all of the honey for your bees to make sure they get through the winter.

However, much like in real-life, bees can be made docile using fire and smoke. This can be done by placing a fire source, or campfire, underneath the bee nest. While the smoke is affecting the bees, players will be able to remove the hive safely.

It takes the bees about 2 minutes to make honey from pollen. How to auto-farm honey in Minecraft? Using dispensers, players can fill empty glass bottles with honey automatically. Place the dispenser on top of the beehive, facing downward.