Bee Species

This list shows all Bee Species added by Forestry, Extra Bees and Magic Bees. There are a total of 193 (202 including "extinct") different Bee species. For detailed information, visit the corresponding Bee pages.

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Mundane Bees [Expand/Collapse All]

Mundane bees refers to all bees which can be found naturally in Bee Hives. "Requires" indicates the nearby item the species needs initially to produce, if it varies from normal flowers. Species added to Forestry branches are marked (ExB).

Mundane Bees [Expand/Collapse All]

Species	Origin	Special Notes
Forest	Forest Hive	Requires Normal Flowers
Meadows	Meadows Hive	Requires Normal Flowers
Modest	Desert Hive	Requires Cacti
Tropical	Jungle Hive	Requires Fern or Vine
Wintry	Snow Hive	Requires Normal Flowers
Marshy	Swamp Hive	Requires Mushroom
Water	Water Hive	Requires Lily Pad
Rocky	Rock Hive	Requires Stone
Embittered	Nether Hive	Requires Nether Wart
Marbled	Marble Hive	Requires Normal Flowers
Valiant	Any Hive	Any bee from a wild hive has a 5% chance of being Valiant instead.
Ender	End Hive	Requires Dragon Egg

Forestry Bees[Expand/Collapse All]

Common Branch [Expand/Collapse All]

	Species	Origin	Special Notes	Produce
	Forest	Forest Hive
	Meadows	Meadows Hive
	Common	Hive Bee + Different Hive Bee (15%)
	Cultivated	Common + Hive Bee (12%)

Noble Branch [Expand/Collapse All]

Species	Origin	Special Notes
Noble	Common + Cultivated (10%)
Majestic	Noble + Cultivated (8%)	Maximum fertility (4x Drones)
Imperial	Noble + Majestic (8%)	Beatific effect (regeneration)

Industrious Branch [Expand/Collapse All]

Species	Origin	Special Notes
Diligent	Common + Cultivated (10%)
Unweary	Diligent + Cultivated (8%)
Industrious	Diligent + Unweary (8%)	Only bee to produce Pollen.

Heroic Branch [Expand/Collapse All]

Species	Origin	Special Notes
Steadfast	Only found in dungeon chests.	Nocturnal
Valiant	5% Chance from Beehives; also in dungeon chests
Heroic	Steadfast + Valiant (6%)	Can only be created in a forest biome. Heroic effect (fights mobs)

Infernal Branch [Expand/Collapse All]

Species	Origin	Special Notes
Sinister	Modest + Cultivated (60%) Tropical + Cultivated (60%)	Aggressive (causes about one damage per second if you stand near) This species can only be created in the Nether.
Fiendish	Sinister + Cultivated (40%) Sinister + Modest (40%) Sinister + Tropical (40%)	Aggressive (causes about one damage per second if you stand near) This species can only be created in the Nether.
Demonic	Sinister + Fiendish (25%)	Aggressive (causes about one damage per second if you stand near) This species can only be created in the Nether.

Austere Branch [Expand/Collapse All]

Species	Origin	Special Notes
Modest	Desert Hive	Nocturnal
Frugal	Modest + Sinister (16%) Modest + Fiendish (10%)	This species can only be created in a hot/arid or hellish/arid biome
Austere	Modest + Frugal (8%)	Creeper effect (will cause explosions if you stand near) This species can only be created in a hot/arid or hellish/arid biome

End Branch [Expand/Collapse All]

	Species	Origin	Special Notes	Produce
	Ender	Found in End Hives	Dragon egg as flower. 'Ends' effect (deals damage when standing near the apiary).

Tropical Branch [Expand/Collapse All]

Species	Origin	Special Notes
Tropical	Jungle Hive	"Jungle Flowers" are vines or ferns Negative Effect. (Poison)
Exotic	Austere + Tropical (12%)	Produces Silky Combs the fastest.
Edenic	Exotic + Tropical (8%)	"Explorer" effect gives experience (can stack).

Frozen Branch [Expand/Collapse All]

Species	Origin	Special Notes
Wintry	Snow Hive	Maximum fertility (4 drones). Freezing Effect.
Icy	Industrious + Wintry (12%)
Glacial	Icy + Wintry (8%)
Frigid (ExB)	Wintry + Diligent (10%)	Added by Extra Bees
Absolute (ExB)	Ocean + Frigid (8%)	Added by Extra Bees

Festive Branch [Expand/Collapse All]

Species	Origin	Special Notes
Leporine	Meadows + Forest	This species can only be created around Easter. (approx. April 6-15) (10%)
Merry	Wintry + Forest	This species can only be created around Christmas. (approx. December 21-27) (10%)
Tipsy	Wintry + Meadows	This species can only be created around New Year's Eve. (approx. Dec 27 - Jan 2) (10%)
Celebratory (ExB)	Austere + Excited (5%)	Added by Extra Bees.

Agrarian Branch [Expand/Collapse All]

	Species	Origin	Special Notes	Produce
	Rural	Meadows + Diligent (12%)	This species can only be created in a Plains biome.
	Farmed (ExB)	Cultivated + Rural (10%)	Added by Extra Bees

Boggy Branch [Expand/Collapse All]

Species	Origin	Special Notes
Marshy	Swamp Hive
Swamp (ExB)	Common + Marshy (10%)	Added by Extra Bees
Boggy (ExB)	Swamp + Marshy (8%)	Added by Extra Bees
Fungal (ExB)	Boggy + Swamp (8%)	Added by Extra Bees

Extra Bees (Extra Bees mod)

You can view the Bees added by the Extra Bees mod on the Extra Bee Species page.

Magic Bees

You can view the Bees added by the Magic Bees mod on the Magic Bee Species page.

Other [Expand/Collapse All]

The following 6 bee species were available in previous or special versions of Forestry. They can no longer be bred, but can be obtained with usage of the /givedrone and /giveprincess commands, providing that cheats are enabled on the world/server that the player is playing on.

"Extinct- From Forestry" [Expand/Collapse All]

Species

Origin

Special Notes

Produce

Vindictive

Unobtainable. Not listed in-game.

Vengeful

Unobtainable. Not listed in-game.

Avenging

Unobtainable. Not listed in-game.

Darkened

Unobtainable. Not listed in-game. Available only in FTB Retro SSP.

Obtaining this bee in Retro SSP pack described here:
In FTB Retro SSP only, available by cross-breeding a Modest and a Wintry Bee with a block of Dark Matter (a block from Equivalent Exchange 2, not included in any other FTB packs) under the Apiary and a Mark 2 Antimatter Relay (also EE2) next to the Apiary with one Dark Matter's worth of EMC (energy matter currency, a value for all vanilla and some mod items; cobblestone has value one, diamond has value 8192, 8192 cobble equals one diamond) inside for each desired mutation. One pure princess and two pure drones costs 6 DM's worth of EMC.

Not to be confused with the Darkened Bee added by Extra Bees.

Reddened

Unobtainable. Not listed in-game. Available only in FTB Retro SSP.

Obtaining this bee in Retro SSP pack described here:
In FTB Retro SSP only, available by cross-breeding a Darkened and a Tropical Bee with a block of Red Matter (the tier above Dark Matter in EE2 tech, used for end-game tools/armor) under the Apiary and a Mark 3 Antimatter Relay next to the Apiary with one Red Matter's worth of EMC inside for each desired mutation. One pure princess and two pure drones costs 6 RM's worth of EMC.

Omega

Unobtainable. Not listed in-game. Available only in FTB Retro SSP.

Obtaining this bee in Retro SSP pack described here:
In FTB Retro SSP only, available by cross-breeding a Darkened and a Reddened Bee in the Nether. Does not require EMC, but Reddened and Darkened Bees must first somehow acquire the requisite temperature/humidity tolerance to be bred in the Nether, as such tolerances are not default traits.

"Extinct- From Extra Bees" [Expand/Collapse All]

	Species	Origin	Special Notes	Produce
	Perilous		Unobtainable. Not listed in-game. Creeper effect (causes random explosions around the apiary/alveary not to be confused with creepers effect)
	Hazardous		Unobtainable. Not listed in-game. Creeper effect (causes random explosions around the apiary/alveary not to be confused with creepers effect)
	Explosive		Unobtainable. Not listed in-game. Creeper effect (causes random explosions around the apiary/alveary not to be confused with creepers effect)