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Beehive in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Beehive is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4, dropping Beehive.

What is Beehive?

Beehive is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/axe material group. It has a hardness of 0.6 and a blast resistance of 0.6. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Beehive does not emit light. Beehive filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.

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

How to mine Beehive

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

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

  • With the correct tool: approximately 0.9 seconds
  • By hand (no tool): approximately 3 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×.

Beehive drops

When broken, Beehive 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
  • Craftable
  • Silk Touch Sensitive

Beehive technical properties

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

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

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:beehive
  • Material family: mineable/axe
  • Hardness: 0.6
  • Blast resistance: 0.6
  • Stack size: 64
  • Transparent: No
  • Blocks light: 15
  • Emits light: 0
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: Yes
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:beehive 1

Overview

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

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Beehive can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
  2. Expect to collect Beehive (silk touch required), Beehive (only without silk touch) once it breaks.
  3. With the correct tool this takes about 0.9s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 3s.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:beehive 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 Beehive?

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

What does Beehive drop when mined?

Breaking Beehive drops Beehive (silk touch required), Beehive (only without silk touch).

How hard is Beehive to mine?

Beehive has a hardness value of 0.6. That works out to roughly 0.9s with the correct tool or 3s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

Can I craft Beehive?

Yes - this page lists 6 known crafting recipes for Beehive.

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Beehive?

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

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