Beehive

Obtaining

Craft a beehive with three wooden planks across the top, three honeycombs across the middle, and three wooden planks across the bottom. A beehive is the crafted counterpart to a naturally generated bee nest, and the recipe accepts every plank in the `#minecraft:planks` tag rather than only oak.

Loot tableBeehiveDetailed drops are not published yet.

• Oak PlanksBlock
• Bee NestBlock

Breaking

A beehive can be broken by hand or with any tool; an axe breaks it faster. It drops itself. A tool without Silk Touch releases stored bees and can anger nearby bees, while Silk Touch keeps the stored bees in the block. Smoke from a campfire can make honey collection safe.

Data: Breaking

Hardness	◈0.6
Blast resistance	0.6
Tool	AxeTool
Preferred tool	Axe
Drop	Beehive
Silk Touch	Keeps bees and the honey level
Without Silk Touch	Drops an empty beehive and releases bees

• CampfireBlock
• BeeMob

Crafting

crafting grid

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Result

Beehive

Ingredients match the published snapshot.

Usage

The block occupies a standard full volume and is shown with an isometric preview.

Bees enter a beehive after collecting nectar and leave to work again. The honey level ranges from 0 to 5; bees raise it when they return with nectar. At level 5, shears collect honeycombs and a bottle collects honey. The block can store bees, has a front direction, and emits a comparator signal equal to its honey level. Campfire smoke below the hive allows harvesting without the emergency bee release.

• BeeMob
• ShearsItem
• Honey BottleItem

Loot

The normal block drop is one beehive. Silk Touch changes the branch so the dropped block keeps the stored bees and the `honey_level` state through the `minecraft:bees` component.

Data: Loot

Default drop	1 beehive
Silk Touch	Copies stored bees and honey level
Copied component	minecraft:bees
Copied state	honey_level
Loot table	BeehiveLoot table

Sounds

Beehives have distinct sounds for bees entering, leaving, working, dripping, and shearing.

Behavior

The block entity stores up to three bees inside the hive, including each bee's time in the hive and whether it has nectar. A bee needs a clear front exit to leave normally. Campfire smoke sedates the hive during harvesting, while nearby fire forces an emergency release.

Data: Behavior

Stack size	64
Solid block	Yes
Map color	wood
Note block instrument	bass
State count	24
Maximum occupants	3 bees
Nectar occupation	2,400 ticks (120 seconds)
Nectarless occupation	600 ticks (30 seconds)
Re-entry delay	400 ticks (20 seconds)
Stored occupants	Bees, with nectar and saved flower data
Block entity	Beehivebeehive
Full harvest	Resets honey level and releases stored bees
Fire nearby	Emergency release
Destruction release	Emergency release unless enchantment protection applies

• BeeMob
• CampfireBlock

Data values

Data: Data values

Identifier	minecraft:beehive
Version	Minecraft 26.2
Blockstate	assets/minecraft/blockstates/beehive.json
Loot table	BeehiveLoot table
Block ID	Beehivebeehive
Honey level property	honey_level: 0–5
Facing property	north, south, east, west
Maximum occupants	3
Sound	Wood
Flammable	Yes
Edition	Java
Public version	26.2
Comparator signal	Equal to honey_level

History

Beehives were introduced as craftable homes for bees. Later updates expanded the available plank types and added clearer honey-level and bee-count information to the block.

1. 26.2Block facts were published from the verified snapshot.Provenance: 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5

Gallery

See also

• Block catalogue
• Bee NestBlock
• Honey BlockBlock
• HoneycombItem
• BeeMob
• Recipe
• Oak PlanksBlock
• Honey BottleItem
• ShearsItem

References

The beehive page checks its shaped recipe, block loot table and block implementation. The loot table has a separate Silk Touch branch that copies bees and the honey-level state.

Data: References

Source	Validated DeepMine snapshot
Snapshot ID	918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5
Digest	38ad438975b5d361a4d1ffe1969e441d52041a42411e748c3d68b25ef7135cae
Recipe	data/minecraft/recipe/beehive.json
Loot table	BeehiveLoot table
Block behavior	net/minecraft/world/level/block/BeehiveBlock.java
Block entity	net/minecraft/world/level/block/entity/BeehiveBlockEntity.java
Stored-bee component	net/minecraft/world/item/component/Bees.java

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