How to Smoke a Beehive in Minecraft
To smoke a beehive in Minecraft, you need to place a campfire beneath the beehive or bee nest, allowing the smoke to billow upward and calm the bees, and in Bedrock Edition, it’s best to put the campfire in a hole below the beehive and put a fence around the hole to prevent animals from burning themselves. This technique is essential for safely harvesting honey from the beehive without angering the bees and getting attacked.
Understanding Beehives and Bee Nests
What is a Beehive in Minecraft?
A beehive in Minecraft is a block that can be found naturally generated in certain biomes, such as the flower forest, and it serves as a home for bees, where they store honey and pollen.
How to Identify a Full Beehive
A full beehive can be identified by its appearance, as it will have honey oozing out, and if the block below it isn’t a full solid block, it will start dripping honey particles.
FAQs
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Q: Can you tame a bee in Minecraft? A: You cannot tame bees in the same way you can tame dogs or cats, but you can keep a beehive in or near your base to keep bees as a sort of pet, and they will follow you if you are holding a flower.
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Q: How do you get rid of a beehive in Minecraft? A: Beehives and bee nests can be broken by any tool or by the player’s fist, though they break faster with an axe.
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Q: Do bees get mad when you break their hive in Minecraft? A: Breaking a nest or hive with silk touch will still anger nearby bees that aren’t inside the block, and bees carrying pollen will enter the nest or hive, increasing the honey level.
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Q: What happens when you smoke a beehive in Minecraft? A: The smoke will put the bees into “chill” mode, which essentially means that they won’t fly away from their home ever again, making it safe to harvest honey.
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Q: What blocks let smoke through in Minecraft? A: The Scaffolding Block has holes in it, so particles like the smoke from Campfires should go right through them instead of being stuck at the face of the block.
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Q: What block stops smoke in Minecraft? A: You can use a trapdoor, which can even be redstone-controlled, above the fire, which will block all the smoke until it opens again.
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Q: Can you smoke a beehive? A: Beekeepers have always used smoke when handling the hive, as it is known to ‘calm‘ or ‘soothe‘ bees.
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Q: Can you smoke out a beehive? A: Sometimes smoking out a beehive can be effective, but it often only works if the bees have been in a property for a short time, within the first 24-hour period before they start to attempt to make honeycomb.
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Q: What do you put in a beehive smoker? A: There are many materials that may be used as fuel in a smoker, but the most common ones are unprocessed cotton fiber, wood, pine needles, burlap, or wood pellets.
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Q: How do you know if a beehive is full in Minecraft? A: When the bee exits, the hive increments its honey level by 1, to a maximum of 5, and once it’s full, it changes its appearance to show honey oozing out.
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Q: Why is my beehive empty in Minecraft? A: After harvesting, the hive or nest is reset to empty (honey level 0, with the default appearance).
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Q: Do bees breed on their own in Minecraft? A: Bees require an item to be fed to them to make them breed, and in this instance, they love flowers.
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Q: Why do my bees keep attacking me in Minecraft? A: Bees become provoked when one of three things happen: the player attacks or injures a member of the nest/hive; the nest/hive is destroyed completely by the player; or the player harvests honey from the nest/hive.
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Q: What is the point of a soul campfire in Minecraft? A: Soul campfires can be used to convert soul sand into soul soil.
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Q: How do you tame a cat in Minecraft? A: To tame a cat, first collect some raw cod or raw salmon from a nearby lake or river, equip the raw fish, and slowly approach a stray cat, then use the raw fish on the skeptical kitty, and continue to feed the cat more raw fish until hearts appear above its head, signifying it is being tamed.