Honey and Bees

[Bluelightning3]

I havent dealt with bees and honey. How should i go about collecting honey and making a bee hive

[Sicksadpanda]

The easiest method is to get a bear, any will do. And find a hive, which can vary on the map you're on. It's common for hives to be very high up in the trees/walls that bears cannot reach...in this case, build a small thatch building leading up to the hive for the bear to reach. Use right mouse button to harvest honey out of the hive.

Another reason to use bears is that they do big damage against hives, and are immune to bee stings (any other mounts would forcefully dismount you). You can farm honey every 15 minutes from the same hive, but if you choose to destroy it, a queen bee will appear (assuming it has a queen bee inside. Some hives might be empty as a dino wipe/server reset will get rid of the queen). You can tame the queen bee via bug repellent and rare flower. Then you can turn the queen bee into a structure (yes, a structure) and it'll only need rare flowers to keep the hive alive while it makes honey overtime.

[Bluelightning3]

Okey I will try this method

[Bluelightning3]

Originally posted by Panda:

The easiest method is to get a bear, any will do. And find a hive, which can vary on the map you're on. It's common for hives to be very high up in the trees/walls that bears cannot reach...in this case, build a small thatch building leading up to the hive for the bear to reach. Use right mouse button to harvest honey out of the hive.

Another reason to use bears is that they do big damage against hives, and are immune to bee stings (any other mounts would forcefully dismount you). You can farm honey every 15 minutes from the same hive, but if you choose to destroy it, a queen bee will appear (assuming it has a queen bee inside. Some hives might be empty as a dino wipe/server reset will get rid of the queen). You can tame the queen bee via bug repellent and rare flower. Then you can turn the queen bee into a structure (yes, a structure) and it'll only need rare flowers to keep the hive alive while it makes honey overtime.

Im just kinda worried how im gonna get the bear in and out. Im on single player on the island. And i only just found a quetz

[PBandjellyfish]

The bear would be on the structure rather than in it, to climb up to the hive use ramps on the building.
If you are using the Structures+ mod there is an option there too but that would bypass the experience of taming a queen bee.