Hive Bee

Hive Bee refers to all bees which can be found naturally in Beehives. "Requires" indicates the nearby item the species needs initially to produce, if it varies from normal flowers. Species added to Forestry branches by Extra Bees or Magic Bees are marked (ExB) and (MB) respectively.

Forestry has 7 hive bee varieties.
Extra Bees adds 3 additional hive bee varieties.
Magic Bees adds 6 more.

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Hive Bees

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Species	Origin	Special Notes
Forest	Forest Beehive	Requires Normal Flowers
Meadows	Meadows Beehive	Requires Normal Flowers
Valiant	Any Beehive	Any bee from a wild hive has a 5% chance of being Valiant instead.
Modest	Desert Beehive	Requires Cacti, desert biome
Tropical	Jungle Beehive	Requires Fern or Vine, jungle biome
Ender	End Beehive	Requires Dragon Egg. This Bee cannot be used as "Hive Bees" for breeding purposes.
Wintry	Snow Beehive	Requires Normal Flowers, snow biomes
Marshy	Swamp Beehive	Requires Mushroom, damp biomes
Water (ExB)	Water Beehive	Requires Lily Pad
Rocky (ExB)	Rocky Beehive	Requires Stone. Poor production, good traits.
Embittered (ExB)	Nether Beehive	Requires Nether Wart, desert or nether biome
Mystical (MB)	Curious Beehive	Requires Normal Flowers
Sorcerous (MB)	Resonating Beehive	Requires Normal Flowers
Unusual (MB)	Unusual Beehive	Requires Normal Flowers
Attuned (MB)	Deep Beehive	Requires Normal Flowers
Oblivion (MB)	Oblivion Beehive	Requires Dragon Egg. This Bee cannot be used as "Hive Bees" for breeding purposes.
Infernal (MB)	Infernal Beehive	Requires Nether Wart, desert or nether biome. This Bee cannot be used as "Hive Bees" for breeding purposes.