I'm playing a new world now that 1.15 has been released. I have collected two bee nests and have relocated them to my village. The village is in Desert biome and borders Ocean biome. I have created a small grove within the village with grassland, trees and flowers.
I have begun to breed the bees, but periodically one will fly out over the ocean and disappear. I finally watched a pair of bees as they flew out over the water. Both were laden with pollen. Both periodically dipped into the water and back out. Occasionally I would see the bees flash red as they suffered suffocation damage from being submerged. They kept doing this, in and out of the water, until finally one then the other bee expired.
Any one else notice such behavior? How can I keep my bees, 1) in my village, 2) from going suicidal?
I haven't had a chance at beekeeping yet but you might have to consider a greenhouse or other structure to keep them in? I wonder if they dip into the water because of ai and take damage? =( I hope you can solve the problem soon!
I haven't had a chance at beekeeping yet but you might have to consider a greenhouse or other structure to keep them in? I wonder if they dip into the water because of ai and take damage? =( I hope you can solve the problem soon!
That's not a bad idea..... It would be a rather large enclosure to contain the entire grove. Or I can reconfigure to a tidier Bee enclosure..
My first introduction to bees was someone had spammed a house full of them. It was interesting and not nearly large enough, I had another friend enclose their entire village with a glass dome which would probably be a nicer area for the bees. Post pictures later on if you do!
I don't know if this will keep them from wandering far, but I refit my existing fenced-in farm with several hives in the center and put a ring of assorted flowers on the perimeter of the farm. They seem to exit the hives, go for the flowers, collect their pollen, and head back to the hives. I have seen one or two occasionally go over the fence, but they seem to come back. I did all of this for aesthetic purposes and to reap the small benefit of the pollen increasing crop growth.
I'm playing a new world now that 1.15 has been released. I have collected two bee nests and have relocated them to my village. The village is in Desert biome and borders Ocean biome. I have created a small grove within the village with grassland, trees and flowers.
I have begun to breed the bees, but periodically one will fly out over the ocean and disappear. I finally watched a pair of bees as they flew out over the water. Both were laden with pollen. Both periodically dipped into the water and back out. Occasionally I would see the bees flash red as they suffered suffocation damage from being submerged. They kept doing this, in and out of the water, until finally one then the other bee expired.
Any one else notice such behavior? How can I keep my bees, 1) in my village, 2) from going suicidal?
I haven't had a chance at beekeeping yet but you might have to consider a greenhouse or other structure to keep them in? I wonder if they dip into the water because of ai and take damage? =( I hope you can solve the problem soon!
That's not a bad idea..... It would be a rather large enclosure to contain the entire grove. Or I can reconfigure to a tidier Bee enclosure..
My first introduction to bees was someone had spammed a house full of them. It was interesting and not nearly large enough, I had another friend enclose their entire village with a glass dome which would probably be a nicer area for the bees. Post pictures later on if you do!
I don't know if this will keep them from wandering far, but I refit my existing fenced-in farm with several hives in the center and put a ring of assorted flowers on the perimeter of the farm. They seem to exit the hives, go for the flowers, collect their pollen, and head back to the hives. I have seen one or two occasionally go over the fence, but they seem to come back. I did all of this for aesthetic purposes and to reap the small benefit of the pollen increasing crop growth.