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Bee Nest in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Bee Nest is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4, dropping Bee Nest.

What is Bee Nest?

Bee Nest is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/axe material group. It has a hardness of 0.3 and a blast resistance of 0.3. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Bee Nest does not emit light. Bee Nest filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.

Namespaced identifier: minecraft:bee_nest. Command: /give @p minecraft:bee_nest 1.

How to mine Bee Nest

Bee Nest can be broken with any tool, or even by hand.

Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):

  • With the correct tool: approximately 0.45 seconds
  • By hand (no tool): approximately 1.5 seconds

Using an Efficiency-enchanted tool, Haste beacons, or a Diamond/Netherite tier drastically reduces these times. Water and being airborne slow mining by 5×.

Bee Nest drops

When broken, Bee Nest drops:

Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.

Block tags & properties

  • Opaque
  • Hand-Mineable
  • Silk Touch Sensitive

Bee Nest technical properties

  • Flammable: Yes — spreads fire
  • Burns from lava: Yes
  • Renewable: Yes
  • Emits light: No (luminance 0)

Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Bee Nest (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:bee_nest
  • Material family: mineable/axe
  • Hardness: 0.3
  • Blast resistance: 0.3
  • Stack size: 64
  • Transparent: No
  • Blocks light: 15
  • Emits light: 0
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: No
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:bee_nest 1

Overview

Bee Nest is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Bee Nest can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
  2. Expect to collect Bee Nest (silk touch required) once it breaks.
  3. With the correct tool this takes about 0.45s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 1.5s.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:bee_nest 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
  • No special tool is required, so hand-mining is a valid fallback in an emergency.
  • Use a Silk Touch tool if you want the block itself instead of its normal drop.

Difficulty and time commitment

  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Estimated time per run: 1-5 min

Frequently Asked Questions

What tool do I need to mine Bee Nest?

Bee Nest can be broken by hand or with any tool - no specific tool tier is required.

What does Bee Nest drop when mined?

Breaking Bee Nest drops Bee Nest (silk touch required).

How hard is Bee Nest to mine?

Bee Nest has a hardness value of 0.3. That works out to roughly 0.45s with the correct tool or 1.5s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Bee Nest?

The namespaced ID is minecraft:bee_nest, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.

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