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Minecraft: How to get Honeycomb

Screenshot of bees in Minecraft.

This guide explains how to get Honeycomb in Minecraft.

If you have found your way to this article, you’re probably here for one thing. You want to know how to get Honeycomb in Minecraft. Honeycomb is a valuable and useful item in the game, however it isn’t particularly easy to come by.

Obtaining Honeycomb requires some patience, as well as knowledge of exactly what you need to do to farm it. Firstly, you need to find a Bee Nest and some bees.

To find a Bee Nest, you should head for a Meadow biome. They have the highest chance of any biome of containing a Bee Nest. That’s because every tree that generates in a Meadow will have a nest attached to it.

Screenshot of a Bee Nest in Minecraft which dispenses Honeycomb.
A Bee Nest in Minecraft.

If you can’t find a Meadow, try heading to Sunflower Plains, Plains, or Mangrove Swamp biomes. In these areas, trees have a 5% chance of generating with a Bee Nest.

Once you have found a Bee Nest, follow the below steps to get Honeycomb.

How to get Honeycomb in Minecraft

This is how to get Honeycomb in Minecraft:

Honeycomb can be farmed from Bee Nests or Bee Hives that are full of honey (known as Honey Level 5).

Every Bee Nest will generate with three bees inside. Having more bees inside the nest will create honey more quickly. You can breed more Bees by locating two adult bees and feeding them any flowers. This will create a baby bee.

Placing more flowers around the nest for the bees to pollinate will also help them create honey quicker.

You can harvest Honeycomb from a nest once it is visibly full of honey. You must then place a Campfire underneath the nest to stop the bees from becoming aggravated and attacking you.

Screenshot of a Bee Nest in Minecraft full of honey.
A Bee Nest full of honey.

Next, use Shears on the nest and it will dispense Honeycomb for you to collect.

If you want to more effectively farm Honeycomb, craft Bee Hives. Lure bees to your Bee Hive by using a flower or lead to guide them into the hive.

A Bee on a lead in Minecraft.
Use a lead to take bees to the Bee Hive.

Place flowers around the Bee Hive and the bees will eventually fill it with honey. Use Shears to collect Honeycomb from the hive. No Campfire is required.

Screenshot of a bee hive in Minecraft after farming Honeycomb.
Honeycomb from a Bee Hive.

And there you have it. That is how you get Honeycomb in Minecraft.

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