Bee Hive

Bee Hive
A home for bees. They'll reward you if you treat them well.
General Information
Source	Crafting
Processing Information
Output	Honey
Unlock Requirements
Complete Beekeeping

Acquisition

Idea

The idea for the beehive can be obtained from Zeda after successfully harvesting one sunflower. To research the idea, 55,000 total prosperity is required, as well as 4 sunflowers of any quality, and 12 wood.

Crafting

The beehive costs 20 wood and 20 plant fiber to craft.

Production

Stage 0	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4 (Harvest)

You can produce honey using a beehive. If placed within range of a flowering plant, the honey produced will be honey from that plant. If too many differing types of flowering plants are within range of the beehive, or no flowering plants are, then the hive will produce wild honey.

Contribution

Contribution pointes earned seem to scale based on the price of the crop used to produce the honey. Crops with a higher base price will yield more valuable honey. The most valuable honey is Pineapple honey, with Pumpkin honey coming in second, and Butternut Squash honey in third.

Honey Types

Type	Stamina					Contribution
	Base					Base
Wild Honey	+45	+50	+54	+63		15	N/A
Beans Honey						30	36	42	48
Buckwheat Honey						50	60	70	80
Butternut Squash Honey						66	80	93	106
Eggplant Honey						26	32	37	42
Fennel Honey						59	71	83	95
Garbanzo Honey						31	38	44	50
Pineapple Honey						77	93	108	124
Prickly Pear Honey						27	33	38	44
Pumpkin Honey						70	84	98	112
Sesame Honey						27	33	38	44
Strawberry Honey						26	32	37	42
Sunflower Honey						48	58	68	77
Sweet Potato Honey						52	63	73	84
Tomato Honey						27	33	38	44
Winter Peas Honey						25	30	35	40

Quality

It is currently unknown what factors affect the quality of the honey.

Range

Bees have a surprisingly large range. And obstacles (fences, canals, other crops) don't block the range. You can see the range of the beehive when you place it. Any blooming plants within this range will affect the honey type coming out of it. Too much of a mixture of plants will cause the honey to go wild (e.g. I had a hive between sunflowers and sesame, and would consistently get wild honey from it). But it also seems that the flowers within range of the hive need to just be mostly one crop type, not completely one crop type.

Image of Beehive range

Proximity

Nearer plants to the beehive do not have priority.

Active range

11X11 in flower pattern (see image)

Rate

The base rate of honey production is currently unknown, and seems to be affected by a number of factors, such as plant knowledge and accessories.

Delays

There seems to be a significant delay between when the honey type is determined and when the honey is ready to be harvested. There also seems to be a delay between when the hive is reset (placed or harvested) and when the honey type is determined. These two delay times are currently known to exist, but values are unknown.

Effect on Crops

Crops that are within range of a beehive have a 10% chance to have their harvest doubled (this does not stack with multiple hives), and display a beehive icon when hovering over the crop's square while holding seeds or fertilizer.

Gallery

Full Beehive