Apiary Bees

[impending_zombie_apocalypse]

The wiki says if i take the bees out of the apiary that it won't generate honey anymore, will the bees still respawn and then the honey come later? or do i have to put the bees back in there if i still want it to work?

[GIJoe597]

The apiary at Lakeview Manor has been a thorn in my side for years. Never produced anything after the initial bit. About 2 weeks ago I decided to try something different. I gathered bees for a few days, then placed them all in the apiary. It will hold up to 300 bees. And when it is full of bees it actually produces honeycomb.

I suppose with only one bee it simply takes too long to spawn more. Especially since that is our home and we are constantly in that cell/area.

Give it a try, pack the apiary with about 250 - 270 bees. Once it hits 300 remove about 20 - 30 to use on alchemy.

[♥ Barney ♥]

Its a bug in the game, applies also to flowers, mushrooms, nests etc where they don't respawn. There are a few mods that sort out the bug but here's one that worked on LE that has been ported over -

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/13186

[Jo]

The apiary is useless, you'd think they would have fixed that in a patch. All bees are good for are as an ingredient in stamina potions.. I have a greenhouse at Lakeview Manor and when the butterflies and bees spawn every few days I just go round catching them to make potions later.

[GIJoe597]

Originally posted by Jojo:

The apiary is useless, you'd think they would have fixed that in a patch. All bees are good for are as an ingredient in stamina potions.

I use the honeycomb to make honey. Honey is used in recipes.


OP, there is a mod which increases the production of honey and also allows you to make mead in your basement/cellar at Lakeview Manor. Unfortunately the mod is on Bethesda.net. If memory serves it is named Home Brew.


EDIT: This is it. It does work, I have used it recently.
https://bethesda.net/en/mods/skyrim/mod-detail/3037013

[Jo]

Originally posted by GIJoe597:

Originally posted by Jojo:

The apiary is useless, you'd think they would have fixed that in a patch. All bees are good for are as an ingredient in stamina potions.

I use the honeycomb to make honey. Honey is used in recipes.

Yes I know that, but as the OP says, in the vanilla game the bees don't actually produce any honey (apart from the one honeycomb you get when you first build the apiary).

If Bethesda spent as much time fixing their core game as they do forcing useless and unwanted Creation Club updates on us, I reckon the game would be pretty much bug-free by now.

[impending_zombie_apocalypse]

I'll try loading it with a ton of bees then and see what that does before trying the mods then, thanks everyone, it's a shame bethesda never patches their games tbh, i left skyrim for a few years and was hoping the new remastered version here would've fixed at least 'some' of it.