Beehive (Forestry)

Beehive (Forestry)
Name	Beehive (Forestry)
Source Mod	Forestry
ID Name	Unknown
Type	Item
Stackable	Yes (64)
Solid	Yes
Transparent	No
Affected by Gravity	No
Emits Light	No
Flammable	No
Required Tool

Beehives are horizontally striped blocks that are found in various colors. Each hive will drop a princess and possibly a drone and/or a honeycomb appropriate to the type of hive. Hives are biome dependent and spawn only during world generation. They are the primary source of Princesses and Drones for Bee Breeding.

Collection

To collect a hive's Bees, a Scoop must be used. Breaking a hive with most other tools will drop only one corresponding Honey Comb, or sometimes even nothing. Most block-destroying machines, such as the Quarry or Block Breaker, are capable of harvesting beehive blocks and collecting the resulting bees. Since Princesses do not stack, it is necessary to bring along some form of extra storage such as an Apiarist's Backpack, an Ender Pouch attached to a self-emptying sorting system, or Canvas Bags when embarking on a long bee collection excursion. Unless the portal gun mod is installed, there is no way to acquire the beehive block itself without the use of Creative/cheats. It is possible to get the hives themselves by picking them up with the portal gun and dropping them on a torch or rails.

Most wild hives emit a low light level, making them easier to spot at night, especially with the use of Rei's Minimap. In wide open biomes, it's sometimes also possible to spot hives on the map during the day, if they have a contrasting color such as Meadows hives. There is a small chance (~5%) of receiving a Valiant Bee instead of the usual Princess or Drone from any wild hive. Water, Rock and Nether hives do not drop combs, while the standard Forestry hives will, ~80% of the time. The odds of getting a drone as well as a princess are also about 80%.

Locations

DV	Image	Type	Drops	Biomes	Location	Glows?
250:1		Forest Hive	Forest Princess (always), Forest Drone (often), Honey Comb (often)	Forest, Autumn Woods, Forested Hills, Birch Forest, Pine Forest	Attached to Trees	Yes
250:2		Meadows Hive	Meadows Princess (always), Meadows Drone (often), Honey Comb (often)	Meadow, Plains, Mountains, Shrubland, Forest, Forested Hills, Green Hills, Extreme Hills, Birch Forest, Pine Forest,	On Ground	Yes
250:3		Desert Hive	Modest Princess (always), Modest Drone (often), Parched Comb (often)	Desert, Mountain Desert	On Ground	Yes
250:4		Jungle Hive	Tropical Princess (always), Tropical Drone (often), Silky Comb (often)	Rainforest, Extreme Jungle, Mini Jungle, Jungle	Attached to Trees*	Yes
250:5		End Hive	Ender Princess (always), Ender Drone (often), Mysterious Comb (often)	The End	On Ground	Yes
250:6		Snow Hive	Wintry Princess (always), Wintry Drone (often), Frozen Comb (often)	Taiga, Mountain Taiga, Snowy Rainforest, Snow Forest, Tundra, Ice Plains, Ice Mountains	On Ground*	Yes
250:7		Swamp Hive	Marshy Princess (always), Marshy Drone (often), Mossy Comb (often)	Swampland, Green Swamplands, Redwood Lush, Rainforest, Green Hills, Marsh, River	On Ground	Yes
960		Water Hive	Water Princess (always), Water Drone (often)	Any Underwater - River, Ocean most common but other biomes with water are possible	In Water	No
960:1		Rock Hive	Rocky Princess (always), Rocky Drone (often)	Any Overworld	Embedded in Stone*	No
960:2		Nether Hive	Embittered Princess (always), Embittered Drone (often)	Nether	Embedded in Netherrack	No
960:3		Marble Hive	Marbled Princess (always), Marbled Drone (often)	In all biomes, including the Twilight Forest, with the ExtraBees mod. Deprecated and no longer spawns or releases bees when broken.	On ground	No
1754:1		Unusual Hive	Unusual Princess, Unusual Drone	Jungle and Plains (possibly more)	On ground	Yes
1754:6		Curious Hive	Mystical Princess, Mystical Drone	Forest and Plains (possibly more)	Attached to trees	Yes
1754:2		Resonating Hive	Sorcerous Princess, Sorcerous Drone	Desert (possibly more)	On ground	Yes
1754:3		Deep Hive	Attuned Princess, Attuned Drone	Mountains, Extreme Hills, Ominous Woods	Buried below layer 15, usually embedded in patches of redstone	Yes
1754:4		Infernal Hive	Infernal Princess, Infernal Drone	Nether ; below layer 14 under certain Overworld biomes of BoP, like Ominous Woods, Mystic Grove, encased in Glowstone	Embedded in Netherrack, especially in Nether-Quartz-Clusters	Yes
1754:5		Oblivion Hive	Oblivion Princess, Oblivion Drone	The End- On the underside of the main island, on the top-side of the Obsidian pillars ; below layer 12 under certain Overworld biomes of BoP, like Ominous Woods, Mystic Grove, encased in Endstone		Yes

Notes

• Jungle Hives can be extremely high up and difficult to spot due to their low contrasting color with leaves.
• Snow Hives are often covered with snow - if a glowing spot with no apparent light source is found, it may be a buried beehive.
• Rock Hives can spawn completely encased in stone, but are most easily found while caving or by scanning ravines/cliffs.
• An alveary with an active Swarmer can cause Swarm Hives to spawn in the area around the alveary. These will drop a clone of the queen installed in the alveary (with a negative trait causing them to often fail to produce a princess offspring).
• The Infernal Hive and the Oblivion hive can be found underground, below level 12, in the Overworld in magical biomes. The Infernal hive will be encased in a patch of glowstone, and the Oblivion one in a patch of Endstone, making these resources available in the Overworld.