Honeycomb in Minecraft is one of the harder resources to get. You can only get some from Beehives that are full, however, the Bees guarding their hive can make this difficult. Thankfully, there are ways around these issues. Show How to Collect Honeycomb From BeehivesBefore you try to harvest Honeycomb from a Beehive, you should know that Beehives can only drop Honeycomb when they are full. An empty Beehive (pictured above), will not yield any Honeycomb. A full Beehive will have yellow honey slightly coming out of its holes. When you see this visual change, you can begin to collect Honeycomb. If you harvest a Beehive when it’s full, you will get 3 Honeycomb. What Tool You Need to Get Honeycomb From BeehivesYou’ll need to use Shears to harvest Honeycomb from Beehives. No other tool will allow you to collect Honeycomb, and will instead break a Beehive. If you break a Beehive with most tools or your empty hand, it will drop nothing (except when using tools enchanted with Silk Touch). Worse yet, the Bees that were inside will appear and start attacking you for destroying their home. If you need to make a pair of Shears, all you’ll need is 2 Iron Ingots. Simply place the ingots diagonally to one another in any kind of crafting grid. Using a Campfire to Keep the Bees CalmEven if you wait until a Beehive is full and then use Shears on it, the Bees will still get very upset if you collect Honeycomb. To avoid dealing with the angry Bees (who will poison you for 10 seconds with each of their attacks), you can use a Campfire. To use the smoke from a Campfire to keep the Bees in a hive calm, place the Campfire 1 block below the Beehive. Do not put the Campfire directly under the Beehive, as the smoke needs 1 full block of vertical space to activate properly. After doing so, you can use your Shears on the Beehive to get Honeycomb without needing to deal with angry Bees. How to Use a Dispenser to Get Honeycomb From BeehivesThere is another trick that you can use to get Honeycomb without dealing with angry Bees. You can place a Dispenser next to a Beehive to automate the Honeycomb-gathering. If you place a pair of Shears into a Dispenser, it will collect the Honeycomb for you! This method will not aggravate the Bees in the hive. After being harvested, the Honeycomb will drop from the Dispenser onto the ground. To make a Dispenser, you will need a Bow, 7 Cobblestone, and 1 Redstone Dust. Place the Bow on the middle slot of a Crafting Table and then put the Redstone Dust under it. Following that, fill the rest of the slots with Cobblestone to get a Dispenser. What Honeycomb Is Used forThere are 4 main uses for Honeycomb in Minecraft. Firstly, you can use 3 Honeycomb and 6 Wood Planks to make a Beehive. To do so, place the 3 Honeycomb on the middle row of a Crafting Table and then fill the rest of the slots with Wood Planks. The Wood Planks can be from any type of wood–different kinds of planks can be used together as well. After you place a new Beehive, you can hold a flower in your hand to lure Bees to it. This would be the best way to start a Bee farm. Another use for Honeycomb is in making Candles. You can place 1 Honeycomb in any kind of crafting grid before placing 1 String on top of it to make 1 Candle. These small cylinders can be used for decorative and lightning purposes. By putting 4 Honeycomb onto a Crafting Table in a square formation, you can make a Honeycomb block, which can be helpful for storing large amounts of Honeycomb. You can also use them decoratively, as they are aesthetically pleasing and have a unique texture. Lastly, you can use Honeycomb to “wax” Copper blocks. By placing a Copper block next to 1 Honeycomb in any kind of crafting grid, you can coat the Copper block in a thin film. This will result in you getting a “waxed” block of Copper, which will prevent it from oxidizing. Oxidization is what causes Copper to change color over time, so, if you want to prevent this, wax your blocks with Honeycomb. You can do this with any kind of block made from Copper, including slabs and stairs. As such, if you plan to use Copper a lot in building, you can wax certain blocks for some nice yet subtle designs. Minecraft Honeycomb is an item found within bee nests and beehives. Once harvested, it can be used in a number of recipes to create new items, or even to wax copper blocks and prevent them from oxidizing.
Here’s how to get honeycomb in Minecraft, where to find it, and how to use it once you’ve gathered it.
advertisement To get Honeycomb in Minecraft, use shears on a full bee nest or beehive. Bee nests spawn naturally in the overworld, whereas beehives must be crafted manually. If you don’t already have beehives set up, you’ll need to find a bee nest in the wild. There are a number of biomes where this is possible, each with varying chances of a bee nest spawning:
Clearly, your best bet is to find a Meadow. When you find a bee nest, regardless of biome, it’ll be up high on the side of a tree, just below the leaves. Obviously if you are playing in Minecraft Creative you can grab Honeycomb from your menu whenever you want, but the main question is how to get Honeycomb in Minecraft Survival? Well, you need to know that there are various states that a bee nest can be in. Naturally generated bee nests typically contain 3-4 bees. These bees fly around the vicinity of the hive and search for flowers. Once they find flowers, they float around them and eventually return to the nest, now covered in pollen. advertisement Each time they enter the nest covered in pollen, the nest begins to create Honeycomb. Whenever the bee exits the nest to search for pollen again, the honey level inside increases by 1, all the way up to 5. When the honey level reaches 5, you’ll notice a visual difference on the nest itself. The holes of the nest will turn yellowish-orange, and it will begin dripping honey particles below. This means the bee nest is full, and ready to be harvested. You can either collect Honey from the bee nest using a Glass Bottle, or obtain Honeycomb using a pair of Shears. Note that you can’t do both - after harvesting either Honey or Honeycomb, the nest will be empty. Now what happens if you spawn in a world where you just can't seem to find a Bee Nest? Unfortunately, you are fresh out of luck as the only way to get Honeycomb in Minecraft is by harvesting it from a Nest. The only consolation to offer is that Meadows and Plains, the two most likely biomes for Bee Nests to spawn, are far more commonly generated (and therefore discoverable) for you, so keep searching and you'll likely stumble upon one sooner rather than later! After using Shears on the full bee nest, 3 Honeycomb will drop to the ground and the Bees within the nest will become hostile, flying towards you and dealing damage if within range to sting you. To prevent this, place a Campfire within 5 blocks, or directly beneath the nest, and the smoke from the fire will keep the Bees calm. advertisement Now you have the Honeycomb, you can use it to craft a Beehive where you can lure Bees to create Honey and Honeycomb wherever you wish. At a crafting bench, place 3 wooden planks horizontally across the top and bottom rows, and 3 Honeycomb across the middle row. If you're wondering how to get Honeycomb without a Beehive, you'll simply have to rely on the naturally spawning Nests in the world. Beehives aren't difficult to craft, but if you don't want one near your build for one reason or another, simply memorize where the nearest Bee Nest is. You can also use Honeycomb to craft Candles by placing String above it on the crafting screen or place 4 Honeycomb in a square configuration to make Honeycomb Blocks. You can coat it on Copper building materials to stop them from oxidizing. Most people will likely be playing through Java, but for those of you playing on Bedrock Edition, have no fear! You can use the exact same methods of harvesting and using Honeycomb regardless of what version of Minecraft you are playing. This is particularly relevant as from Update 1.19 you automatically own both Java and Bedrock versions of the game, even if you only bought one prior. advertisement Was this guide helpful? |