Apiary

Apiary

Apiary is a small quality-of-life mod that makes harvesting honeycombs from bee nests and beehives less of a hassle.

Right-click a full bee nest or beehive with shears and the honeycombs get pulled straight into your inventory, with a little magnetic particle effect as they go. No more chasing dropped items around on the ground.

Features

• Magnetic honeycomb collection: honeycombs fly into your inventory instead of dropping on the ground
• Double helix particle trails: a spiral golden trail connects the block to you as you harvest
• Night and moon bonuses: harvesting at night gives +1 honeycomb, full moons give double
• Weather bonuses: rain gives +1 honeycomb and calms the bees on its own, no campfire needed (deserts excluded, since it doesn’t rain there)
• Snow biome bonus: harvesting during snowfall in snowy biomes gives +1 honeycomb, with snowflake particles
• Flower bonus: keep 3+ flowers within 5 blocks of your hive for +1 honeycomb and heart particles
• Lucky drop: 1% chance of a bonus honey bottle, with a small firework to celebrate
• Thunderstorm effects: electric spark particles during storms
• Campfire and soul campfire support: both calm bees the normal way, with a cozy smoke ring effect
• Dynamic audio: shear sounds get slight pitch variation, and bonus harvests play an XP sound
• Vanilla honey bottles: collection works exactly as it always has
• Vanilla bee behavior preserved: bees still get angry if you harvest without rain or a campfire, same as usual
• Lightweight: no real overhead, no changes to core gameplay
• Multi-version support: works on Minecraft 1.21.8, 1.21.9, 1.21.10, and 1.21.11 (single JAR), plus 26.1, 26.1.1, and 26.1.2 (separate JAR) and 26.2

Honeycomb Amounts

| Condition | Honeycombs |
|———–|———–|
| Day, clear | 3 |
| Day + rain | 4 |
| Day + flowers (3+) | 4 |
| Day + snow | 4 |
| Night, clear | 4 |
| Night + rain | 5 |
| Night + flowers | 5 |
| Full moon, clear | 6 |
| Full moon + rain | 7 |
| Full moon + rain + flowers | 8 |

There’s also a 1% chance for a bonus honey bottle on any harvest.

Why Apiary?

Good fit for beekeepers who want harvesting to feel a bit nicer without touching the core gameplay.

Requirements

• Fabric Loader
• Fabric API

Bug Reports & Feature Requests

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