Minecraft:Bee Nest

Template:For Template:Infobox block Bee nests are Minecraft:blocks found attached to certain Minecraft:trees. They house Minecraft:bees, which fill their homes with honey made from gathered Minecraft:flower nectar. Full bee nests can be harvested for Minecraft:honeycombs (using Minecraft:shears) or Minecraft:honey bottles (using Minecraft:glass bottles). Bees will attack Minecraft:players who harvest or break their homes without utilizing Minecraft:campfires or Minecraft:Silk Touch, respectively.

Obtaining

Breaking

Template:See also Bee nests can be broken by any Minecraft:tool or by the Minecraft:player's fist, though they break faster with an Minecraft:axe.

If a bee nest is broken with a tool not enchanted with Minecraft:Silk Touch, it drops nothing and any bees inside emerge angry at the player, attempting to sting them, which causes Minecraft:Poison on success. Nearby bees will also become angry and attack. If a Silk Touch tool is used, the bee nest drops itself and any bees inside remain inside, and any bees nearby do not become angry.

If broken in Minecraft:Creative mode with bees inside, the bee nest drops itself and bees inside remain inside. Template:Breaking row

Natural generation

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A naturally generated bee nest in a village in a Minecraft:Superflat world.

Naturally generated bee nests generate with 2-3 bees in them, and always face south.

Bee nests generate in the following biomes with different chances:

Biome	Chance<ref group="note">The chance for each naturally-generated oak, birch, mangrove tree, or cherry tree to have a bee nest.</ref>
Biome	Template:JE	Template:BE
Template:BiomeLink	100%
Template:BiomeLink Template:BiomeLink Template:BiomeLink	5%
Template:BiomeLink	1%
Template:BiomeLink	2%	3%
Template:BiomeLink Template:BiomeLink Template:BiomeLink	0.2%	0.035%

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Post-generation

Minecraft:Oak, Minecraft:birch, and Minecraft:cherry trees grown from Minecraft:saplings that are within 2 blocks (including diagonally) of a Minecraft:flower on the same Y-level have a 5% chance to grow with a bee nest containing 2–3 Minecraft:bees. This holds true in any biome in any dimension, and for any flower including Minecraft:wither roses and Minecraft:flowering azaleas.

Minecraft:Mangroves grown from Minecraft:mangrove propagules have a 1% chance of having a bee nest containing 2-3 bees. Unlike birch, cherry, and oak trees, no flowers are required for a bee nest to generate.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

In Minecraft:Bedrock Edition, oak trees grown in plains have a chance to grow with a bee nest regardless of the quantity of flowers nearby. It is not known if this behavior is intended.