Overview#
Buzzier Bees is a feature-rich mod developed by Team Abnormals that expands upon the 1.15 'Buzzy Bees' update. While the original vanilla update introduced the fundamentals of bees and honey, Buzzier Bees fleshes out the ecosystem with new flowers, decorative building materials, and functional items.
Key features include the ability to capture bees and other small pests in glass bottles, a full suite of Honeycomb-themed building blocks, and a variety of honey-glazed food items. The mod also introduces wood-variant beehives for every wood type in the game, ensuring that beekeeping fits perfectly into any architectural style.
Blocks#
Decorative Honeycomb Blocks
Buzzier Bees introduces a complete set of building blocks derived from Honeycomb, providing a warm, yellow palette for builders.
| Block | Description | Crafting Recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Honeycomb Bricks | A sturdy brick variant made from honeycomb. | 4 Honeycombs in a square |
| Honeycomb Tiles | A decorative tiled variant of honeycomb. | 4 Honeycomb Bricks in a square |
| Honeycomb Door | A translucent yellow door that allows some light to pass through. | 6 Honeycombs (standard door shape) |
| Honeycomb Trapdoor | A translucent yellow trapdoor. | 6 Honeycombs (standard trapdoor shape) |
| Crystallized Honey Block | A solid, non-sticky version of the Honey Block. Does not slow players or stick to blocks. | Smelt a Honey Bottle in a Furnace |
All Honeycomb brick and tile variants include matching Stairs, Slabs, and Walls, which can be crafted in a Crafting Table or via a Stonecutter.
Lighting
- Honey Lamp: A warm, glowing light source crafted by combining a Honey Bottle with a Torch or Glowstone Dust. It emits a soft yellow light.
- Soul Candle: A variant of the candle that emits a blue flame. Crafted using Honeycomb and Soul Soil or Soul Sand.
Flowers
The mod adds three new flowers that generate naturally in the world, providing more variety for bee pollination and dye production.
- White Clover: Found in Plains and Forest biomes. Can be crafted into White Dye.
- Pink Clover: Found in Plains and Forest biomes. Can be crafted into Pink Dye.
- Buttercup: A bright yellow flower found in Meadow and Plains biomes. Can be crafted into Yellow Dye.
Beehives (Wood Variants)
In vanilla Minecraft, the Beehive is limited to a single texture. Buzzier Bees adds unique Beehive textures for every wood type, including:
- Oak, Spruce, Birch, Jungle, Acacia, Dark Oak, Mangrove, Cherry, Bamboo, Crimson, and Warped.
- These are crafted using the standard recipe (Planks + Honeycomb) but using the specific wood type desired.
Items#
Bottled Mobs
One of the most iconic features of the mod is the ability to 'bottle' small entities for transport or decoration.
- Bottle of Bee: Right-click a Bee with an empty Glass Bottle to capture it. This allows for easy transport of bees without the need for leads or flowers. Right-click the ground to release the bee.
- Bottle of Silverfish: Right-click a Silverfish with a Glass Bottle to capture it.
- Bottle of Endermite: Right-click an Endermite with a Glass Bottle to capture it.
Food Items
Honey can now be used to glaze various foods, improving their saturation and hunger restoration.
| Item | Hunger Restored | Saturation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honey Apple | 6 (3 Drumsticks) | 9.6 | Crafted with an Apple and a Honey Bottle. |
| Honey Bread | 10 (5 Drumsticks) | 12.8 | Crafted with Bread and a Honey Bottle. |
| Honey Glazed Porkchop | 14 (7 Drumsticks) | 18.0 | Crafted with a Cooked Porkchop and a Honey Bottle. |
| Honeyed Beef | 14 (7 Drumsticks) | 18.0 | Crafted with Steak and a Honey Bottle. |
| Glazed Ham | 16 (8 Drumsticks) | 20.0 | A high-tier food item for late-game saturation. |
Mechanics#
Bottling Mechanics
To capture a mob in a bottle, the player must be holding a standard Glass Bottle and right-click the target mob.
- Bees: Can be bottled at any time. If the bee is angry, it will remain angry when released.
- Pests: Silverfish and Endermites can be bottled to prevent them from despawning or to move them into traps/farms.
- Dispenser Compatibility: Dispensers can be used to bottle bees if they are facing a bee and contain empty bottles.
Pollination and Farming
- Flower Variety: Bees will recognize White Clovers, Pink Clovers, and Buttercups as valid pollination sources.
- Sticky Piston Crafting: Buzzier Bees allows players to craft Sticky Pistons using a Honey Bottle instead of a Slimeball, providing a renewable alternative for players in biomes without swamps.
- Candle Scenting: (In compatible versions) Candles can be interacted with using certain flowers to change their properties or aesthetic effects.
Advancements#
The mod adds several advancements to guide players through its new content:
- Bee-utiful!: Capture a Bee in a Glass Bottle.
- Honey, I Shrunk the Mobs: Capture either a Silverfish or an Endermite in a Glass Bottle.
- Sweet Dreams: Sleep in a bed near a Beehive containing at least one bee.
- Sticky Situation: Craft a Sticky Piston using a Honey Bottle.
- The Land of Milk and Honey: Obtain a Honey Bottle and a Milk Bucket simultaneously.
Configuration#
Buzzier Bees offers a configuration file (typically found in config/buzzier_bees-common.toml) that allows server owners to customize the experience:
- Bee Bottling: Enable or disable the ability to capture bees in bottles.
- Pest Bottling: Enable or disable the bottling of Silverfish and Endermites.
- Flower Generation: Adjust the frequency of White Clovers, Pink Clovers, and Buttercups in the world.
- Dispenser Behavior: Toggle whether dispensers can bottle mobs.
- Honey Piston Crafting: Enable or disable the Honey Bottle recipe for Sticky Pistons.
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