The latest Minecraft Java edition update is chock full of bugs – bees!
Bees are a brand new neutral mob that will quite happily bumble around, gathering pollen from their favourite flowers and flying back home to their nests to make honey.
They won’t hurt you unless you hurt them – but if you do hurt the bees and provoke them into stinging you they’ll leave their stinger behind and die, and won’t even drop any items for your trouble. You monster.
Bee Nests naturally spawn in Flower Forests, Plains and Sunflower Plains biomes. They have favourite flowers (aww) and like sharing the location of their favourites with other bees (AWW). Do not just whack a bee nest to try and collect the block though! You’ll need to use a tool with silk touch to safely get the block with the bees stored inside, otherwise the nest will be destroyed.
During the nighttime or if it’s raining, your bee pals will chill in their nests. If you want to keep them in chill-mode during the day, you can place a campfire under the nest or hive.
These new mobs will help with your farming by pollinating your crops when they’re on the way back to their nests. You’ll also be able to build a beehive to have your very own colony right on your doorstep, allowing you to harvest their honey and keep them nice and close to your farm.