Bee
Bee — mob.
Natural generation
Bees spawn near bee nests in flower-rich and forest biomes. The nest is both their home and the source of honey, so finding the block is usually more important than finding a bee in isolation.
| Nest colony | 2–3 bees in a naturally generated nest |
|---|---|
| Nest sources | Oak, birch, cherry, or mangrove trees |
| Sapling chance | 5% for several flowering trees; 1% for mangrove |
Obtaining
Honey bottles and honeycombs come from a full bee nest or beehive. Bottles collect liquid honey, while shears collect honeycomb; both actions should be paired with smoke when the bees must remain calm.
| Harvest threshold | Honey level 5 |
|---|---|
| Bottle tool | Empty bottle |
| Comb tool | Shears |
| Safe smoke distance | Campfire within 5 blocks below |
Drops
An adult bee drops 1–3 experience when killed by a player or tamed wolf. A baby bee does not drop experience. A bee that successfully stings loses its stinger and dies later instead of producing a special item drop.
| Adult experience | 1–3 |
|---|---|
| Baby experience | None |
| Stinger | Lost after a successful attack |
Breeding
Bees breed when given a valid flower, producing a baby bee and 1–7 experience. Parent bees have a five-minute cooldown, while a baby takes about one in-game day to mature; feeding flowers shortens that growth time.
| Breeding item | Valid flower |
|---|---|
| Parent cooldown | 5 minutes |
| Baby growth | 20 minutes |
| Experience | 1–7 |
Sounds
Bees use buzzing flight sounds, a distinct angry buzz while attacking, and nest or hive interaction sounds when entering and leaving their home.
| Neutral | Bee buzz |
|---|---|
| Angry | Agitated buzz |
| Home | Hive entry and exit |
| Sting | Bee sting |
| Pollination | Bee pollinates a crop |
Behavior
Bees hover rather than fly like birds, gather pollen from valid flowers, pollinate nearby crops, and return to their nest or beehive. They are arthropods, avoid water, and take damage after remaining submerged for more than 20 ticks. A bee can travel beyond its usual range when it needs to find a flower or home, but normally stays within 22 blocks of its hive. Smoke from a campfire below the nest makes honey collection safer.
| Category | passive |
|---|---|
| Max health | 10 |
| Width | 0.55 |
| Height | 0.5 |
| Summonable | Yes |
| Fire immune | No |
| Foraging range | Usually up to 22 blocks from home |
| Hive capacity | Up to 3 bees |
| Resting | Returns to the home during rain and night |
| Nectar cycle | About 2 minutes inside the home before leaving again |
| Water | Takes 1 damage every half-second after 20 ticks submerged |
| Pollination | Up to 10 crops per nectar trip |
| Valid home | Bee nest or beehive with available space |
| Group response | Nearby bees can join an attack |
| Campfire safety | Campfire within 5 blocks below the home |
| Sting effect | Poison; duration depends on difficulty |
| After a sting | Stinger is lost and the bee dies later |
Data values
The mob uses the `minecraft:bee` identifier and is a passive flying pollinator. Its public record connects the adult entity to bee nests, beehives, flowers, honey, and honeycomb.
| Identifier | minecraft:bee |
|---|---|
| Version | Minecraft 26.2 |
| Entity ID | minecraft:bee |
| Entity type | Passive flying mob |
| Home | Bee nest or beehive |
| Resource | Honey and honeycomb |
| Home capacity | 3 bees |
| Anger result | Stinger attack and eventual death |
| Health | 10 |
| Adult hitbox | 0.55 blocks wide × 0.5 blocks high |
| Movement speed | 0.3 |
| Persistent anger | 20–39 seconds |
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See also
References
Bee movement, stinging, anger, pollination, and home-finding timers live in the entity implementation. The food tag, entity registry, and loot table provide the corresponding data boundaries.
| Local source | Beebee |
|---|---|
| Entity implementation | net/minecraft/world/entity/animal/bee/Bee.java |
| Entity registration | net/minecraft/world/entity/EntityTypes.java |
| Food tag | data/minecraft/tags/item/bee_food.json |
| Entity loot | data/minecraft/loot_table/entities/bee.json |
| Home tag | data/minecraft/tags/point_of_interest_type/bee_home.json |
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Data and provenance
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Facts
| Category | passive |
|---|---|
| Max health | 10 |
| Width | 0.55 |
| Height | 0.5 |
| Summonable | Yes |
| Fire immune | No |
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