Honeycomb
Material Stack: 64 Since 1.15 (Buzzy Bees)
Quick answer: Shear a bee nest or beehive at honey level 5 (full, dripping): drops 3 honeycombs.
How to get it
- Shear a bee nest or beehive at honey level 5 (full, dripping): drops 3 honeycombs
- The bees get ANGRY when sheared - place a lit campfire or soul campfire under the hive first, or use a dispenser with shears to harvest safely
- Also found occasionally in structure chests
Uses
- Craft beehives (6 planks + 3 honeycombs) to relocate bee colonies to your base
- Craft candles (honeycomb + string) and honeycomb blocks (4 honeycombs)
- Wax copper: use a honeycomb on copper blocks, lightning rods or copper golems to freeze their oxidation state forever
- Wax signs and hanging signs to lock their text - nobody (including you) can edit a waxed sign again
- Honey farming loop: campfire + flowers + a few bees = infinite honeycombs and honey bottles
Renewability
Renewable: bees refill their hives as long as flowers are nearby.
Java vs Bedrock
Same harvesting, waxing and crafting in Java and Bedrock. The campfire trick and the dispenser-shear automation work identically in both.
Related: Copper BarsCushion