Beekeeping: Difference between revisions

Finding wild [[bees]] can be difficult. Wild bees are a rare spawn in warm climates, but they don't spawn in climates that are too arid or too wet. The best way to find them is to turn the game sound all the way up and wander around in forested areas. Bees are often heard before they are seen. Keep listening for bees, and checking the trees in the area. Wild hives can be inside or suspended from a log.

Specifically, beehives spawn anywhere all three climate values in the following chart agree:

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Place the populated skep in a prepared apiary. First, select the skep in the backpack slot. This can be done by holding the {{Sprint|sprint}} and scrolling or by pressing Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+4. Then {{Using|place}} the skep on to a solid block.

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Additional skeps can be filled from the original, allowing players to increase the number of skeps available for harvesting. Bees transfer to empty skeps placed within 7 blocks of a filled skep, as capturing bees from a wild hive. As the population of the original skep grows, the bees will divide to populate nearby empty skep.

The simplest layout for ensuring each skep has enough flowers is to place skeps 2 tiles apart and surround them with flowers. This pattern can be repeated indefinitely and each skep will have enough flowers to reach a large population.

[[File:SimpleOptimalSkepLayout.png|300px|thumb|floatright|A simple optimized tileable skep & flower layout]]