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The default setting for a beehive once placed looks like:
The default setting for a beehive once placed looks like:
<pre{{log2}}>Honey bees move in lazy circuits between the conical hive and wildflowers flourishing nearby.</pre>
<pre{{log2}}>Honey bees move in lazy circuits between the conical hive and wildflowers flourishing nearby.


Public apiaries typically have a unique bee to the region as well as three flowers that grow in that realm. For example, the three hives in the Solhaven public apiary include:
Public apiaries typically have a unique bee to the region as well as three flowers that grow in that realm. For example, the three hives in the Solhaven public apiary include:
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Dark-legged loosestrife bees move in lazy circuits between the marshgrass skep and pink clover blossoms, yellow clover blossoms, and moonlight cactus-blooms flourishing nearby.
Dark-legged loosestrife bees move in lazy circuits between the marshgrass skep and pink clover blossoms, yellow clover blossoms, and moonlight cactus-blooms flourishing nearby.


Flowers listed determine the honey type. Only flowers from the foraging system produce honey that references the flower name. When using a flower taken from a [[Foraged Item Prop]] in a private beehive, the flower used will be visible however it will only ever produce "wildflower honey". Public beehives use foraging system flowers and will produce honey related to one of the hive's three flowers.</pre>
Flowers listed determine the honey type. Only flowers from the foraging system produce honey that references the flower name. When using a flower taken from a [[Foraged Item Prop]] in a private beehive, the flower used will be visible however it will only ever produce "wildflower honey". Public beehives use foraging system flowers and will produce honey related to one of the hive's three flowers.
===Public Apiaries===
===Public Apiaries===
<section begin=hivelocations />Public apiaries containing beehives can be found in all towns plus the Rift. Each apiary has a unique assortment of flowers, local to the area, and as such, will result in different types of honey.
<section begin=hivelocations />Public apiaries containing beehives can be found in all towns plus the Rift. Each apiary has a unique assortment of flowers, local to the area, and as such, will result in different types of honey.
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| scope="row" role="rowheader" | Cysaegir || || ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader" | Kraken's Fall || Nereid's Cradle, Aside the Walk|| #35235 / u7132111||
| scope="row" role="rowheader" | Kraken's Fall || Nereid's Cradle, Aside the Walk|| #35235 / u7132111||Pollen-stuck honeybees
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| scope="row" role="rowheader" | Isle of Ornath || || u7142133||
| scope="row" role="rowheader" | Isle of Ornath || || u7142133||Large yellow and ebon bees, Pollen-dusted yellow Ornath honeybees, Tropical Ornath honeybees
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| scope="row" role="rowheader" | Mist Harbor || || u659103||
| scope="row" role="rowheader" | Mist Harbor || || u659103||Red-belted honey bees, Ebon-tipped golden honeybees, Fuzzy viridescent honeybees
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| scope="row" role="rowheader" | Nielira Harbor || Forgotten Rose Garden|| u14150515||
| scope="row" role="rowheader" | Nielira Harbor || Forgotten Rose Garden|| u14150515||Pollen-dusted sepia nythien bees, Jewel-toned violet nythien bees, Gilt-washed jade nythien bees
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| scope="row" role="rowheader" | River's Rest || Collip's Yard|| #10872 / u2101053||
| scope="row" role="rowheader" | River's Rest || Collip's Yard|| #10872 / u2101053||Pollen-laden honeybees
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| scope="row" role="rowheader" | Solhaven || Vornavis, Peasant Holdings || u2130130 || Inside the barn located in the middle of the Peasant Holdings (u2130112) then through the door. There are a beehouse, a hive, and a skep.
| scope="row" role="rowheader" | Solhaven || Vornavis, Peasant Holdings || u2130130 || Inside the barn located in the middle of the Peasant Holdings (u2130112) then through the door. There are a beehouse, a hive, and a skep.
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| scope="row" role="rowheader" | Ta'Illistim || Arboretum, Arboreal Gallery|| u14022051||
| scope="row" role="rowheader" | Ta'Illistim || Arboretum, Arboreal Gallery|| u14022051||Pollen-dusted pale honey bees, Rotund gilded honey bees, Chubby fuzz-covered honey
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| scope="row" role="rowheader" | Ta'Vaalor || Yasrenila, Honeybee Circle|| #34456 / u810006||
| scope="row" role="rowheader" | Ta'Vaalor || Yasrenila, Honeybee Circle|| #34456 / u810006||Honey bees
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| scope="row" role="rowheader" | Teras Isle || || ||
| scope="row" role="rowheader" | Teras Isle || || ||
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| scope="row" role="rowheader" | The Rift || || #2601 / u4566027||
| scope="row" role="rowheader" | The Rift || || #2601 / u4566027||Flickering mutant honeybees (not collectible / jarrable)
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| scope="row" role="rowheader" | Wehnimer's Landing || Moot Hall|| #21366 / u336309||
| scope="row" role="rowheader" | Wehnimer's Landing || Moot Hall|| #21366 / u336309||Black-banded golden honeybees
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|Melgorehn's Valley
|Melgorehn's Valley
|Riverbank
|Riverbank
|# 7928 / u2148002
|# 7928 / u2148002
|Plump blood red bees
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|Hummingbird Pond
|Hummingbird Pond
|Beehive Hill near Wehnimer's Landing
|Beehive Hill near Wehnimer's Landing
|#8160 / u701322
|#8160 / u701322
|Velvet-winged amber honeybees
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| scope="row" role="rowheader" | Zul Logoth || Rocky Trail, Orchard|| u13018047||
| scope="row" role="rowheader" | Zul Logoth || Rocky Trail, Orchard|| u13018047||Fuzzy alpine honeybees
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Revision as of 16:11, 25 April 2026

Beehives are fixed scripted props that house bees, which produce honey and wax that can be gathered with an Apiculture Jar. Beehives can benefit from up to three flowers placed nearby, and their honey will match those flower types. A number of public beehives exist in public apiaries in all towns and in the Rift. In addition, private beehives can be installed in a private property. Beehives have a 10 minute cooldown when harvested by an Apiculture Jar.

Beehives were introduced in 2026 alongside the Apiculture Jar. Certificates to install a private beehive are sold in the Rumor Woods shop Vintage Visions.

Public Beehive

Beehives exist as part of apiaries in all towns plus the Rift. They can be interacted with via an Apiculture Jar. Beehives have a noun of alveary, beehive, beehouse, hive, or skep. See the list of public apiaries below.

Analyze

This is a beehive that can be harvested for honey and other bee products using an Apiculture Jar.

Private Beehive

Private beehives are those placed in a private property. They can be added via certificate; all alterations should be done to the certificate before redeeming it and placing it in a property.

Private beehives allow the property owner to change out the default bee via a Bugs on Parade gem bee found anywhere. They also allow for the property owner to add up to three different flowers. Flowers added can be from either the foraging system or a Foraged Item Prop, however flowers from a Foraged Item Prop will only ever produce "wildflower" honey. Flowers from the foraging system will produce honey related to the flower type.

Analyze

This is a beehive that can be harvested for honey and other bee products using an Apiculture Jar.

PUSH: Adds a foraged flower or an appropriate Bugs On Parade bug gem bee to the beehive.  This action will destroy the flower or bug gem.
PULL: Removes the flower in the current plot.
TURN: Changes which flower plot will be manipulated by PUSH/PULL.
WAVE: Toggles ambients.  Ambients are currently off.

Usage

Verb Option First Third
PULL Flower You dig up the some ivory-shot lilac witchwood flowers from around the (beehive) and toss it aside. Person digs up the some ivory-shot lilac witchwood flowers from around the (beehive) and tosses it aside.
Remove the currently selected flower.
PUSH Bee You coax your loosestrife bee toward a (beehive), and after a moment of investigation, it disappears inside. Person coaxes her loosestrife bee toward a (beehive), and after a moment of investigation, it disappears inside.
Flower You plant your nightbloom blossom at the base of a (beehive), patting a mound of soil around the new flora. Person plants her nightbloom blossom at the base of a (beehive), patting a mound of soil around the new flora.
Insert a bee or flower.
TURN You turn your attention to the some nightbloom blossoms flourishing around the base of the (beehive). n/a
Select a flower plot from the three available.
WAVE Full Speed You wave away the lingering smoke around a (beehive), and the russet and tawny honey bees resume their busy hum. Person waves away the lingering smoke around a (beehive), and the russet and tawny honey bees resume their busy hum.
Half Speed You give the smoker beside a (beehive) a few gentle puffs, and the russet and tawny honey bees slow to a languid drift. Person gives the smoker beside a (beehive) a few gentle puffs, and the russet and tawny honey bees slow to a languid drift.
No Ambients You pick up the smoker beside the (beehive), press it to the entrance, and pump the bellows steadily until the russet and tawny honey bees fall silent. Person picks up the smoker beside the (beehive), presses it to the entrance, and pumps the bellows steadily until the russet and tawny honey bees fall silent.
Toggle ambients to be on at full speed, on at half speed, or off.

Additional Information

Beehive Appearance

All beehives, both public and private, have a hard-coded line at the end that indicates what the bees in the hive look like as well as what flowers, up to three, are nearby. The flowers nearby determine what type of honey the hive produces.

The default setting for a beehive once placed looks like:

Honey bees move in lazy circuits between the conical hive and wildflowers flourishing nearby.

Public apiaries typically have a unique bee to the region as well as three flowers that grow in that realm.  For example, the three hives in the Solhaven public apiary include:
Stub-winged royal lady bees move in lazy circuits between the driftwood beehouse and gorses, stalk of tuberoses, and heath asters flourishing nearby.

Russet and tawny mining bees move in lazy circuits between the top bar hive and blue robin flowers, white water crowfoots, and lady's smock blossoms flourishing nearby.

Dark-legged loosestrife bees move in lazy circuits between the marshgrass skep and pink clover blossoms, yellow clover blossoms, and moonlight cactus-blooms flourishing nearby.

Flowers listed determine the honey type.  Only flowers from the foraging system produce honey that references the flower name.  When using a flower taken from a Foraged Item Prop in a private beehive, the flower used will be visible however it will only ever produce "wildflower honey".  Public beehives use foraging system flowers and will produce honey related to one of the hive's three flowers.

Public Apiaries

Public apiaries containing beehives can be found in all towns plus the Rift. Each apiary has a unique assortment of flowers, local to the area, and as such, will result in different types of honey.
Region Location Room # Notes
Cysaegir
Kraken's Fall Nereid's Cradle, Aside the Walk #35235 / u7132111 Pollen-stuck honeybees
Isle of Ornath u7142133 Large yellow and ebon bees, Pollen-dusted yellow Ornath honeybees, Tropical Ornath honeybees
Mist Harbor u659103 Red-belted honey bees, Ebon-tipped golden honeybees, Fuzzy viridescent honeybees
Nielira Harbor Forgotten Rose Garden u14150515 Pollen-dusted sepia nythien bees, Jewel-toned violet nythien bees, Gilt-washed jade nythien bees
River's Rest Collip's Yard #10872 / u2101053 Pollen-laden honeybees
Solhaven Vornavis, Peasant Holdings u2130130 Inside the barn located in the middle of the Peasant Holdings (u2130112) then through the door. There are a beehouse, a hive, and a skep.
Ta'Illistim Arboretum, Arboreal Gallery u14022051 Pollen-dusted pale honey bees, Rotund gilded honey bees, Chubby fuzz-covered honey
Ta'Vaalor Yasrenila, Honeybee Circle #34456 / u810006 Honey bees
Teras Isle
The Rift #2601 / u4566027 Flickering mutant honeybees (not collectible / jarrable)
Wehnimer's Landing Moot Hall #21366 / u336309 Black-banded golden honeybees
Melgorehn's Valley Riverbank # 7928 / u2148002 Plump blood red bees
Hummingbird Pond Beehive Hill near Wehnimer's Landing #8160 / u701322 Velvet-winged amber honeybees
Zul Logoth Rocky Trail, Orchard u13018047 Fuzzy alpine honeybees

See Also

* Apiculture Jar
Beehive Information
Type Fluff
Item Classification Miscellaneous
Item(s) Applied to Alveary
Beehive
Beehouse
Hive
Skep
Alterable Yes
Light/Deep
Original Release Venue Rumor Woods
Original Release Year 2026
Restrictions Alterations must be done on the certificate before placing it in a property.
Noun must be alveary, beehive, beehouse, hive, or skep.
Item Verbs
PULL PUSH TURN WAVE