Whenever a tree is created via the generator or via a sapling growing, it has a small chance (perhaps 5% ? Perhaps 2%?) of spawning with a Beehive block as well.
Beehive blocks can be broken for 1-3 Wax and 0-1 Honey. Doing so will spawn a Bee Swarm mob, which would be the size of one block and fly after the player. It would be resistant to swords and arrows (it would take a lot of swings to kill it) but it dies instantly if submerged in water or set on fire.
Wax can be used to make candles (as shown above) but if you make a 2x2 block of Wax, it'll create an Apiary block. These look somewhat like Beehive blocks, but look more like honeycombs than the beehive pictured above.
Apiary blocks can be destroyed just like Beehive blocks, and will drop 1-3 Wax and 0-1 Honey, and spawn a Bee Swarm mob, just like breaking a Beehive block.
However, Apiary blocks, when right-clicked on, open up a Beehive interface that shows the honey and wax content of the Beehive. It'd be like a simplified Furnace menu.
Every once in a while, an Apiary will generate one Wax. This is a slow process, but it will accumulate in the "bottom" slot of the Apiary menu. You can remove these easily, and not have to suffer from being attacked by bees.
Likewise, every once in a while, an Apiary will generate one Honey. This is also a slow process, but it will be quicker the more flowers are within a 20 block radius of the Apiary that are (a) connected to it via Air, and (:cool.gif: under sunlight (bees forage during the day only). This Honey appears in the top slot, and also prevents attack by bees.
Honey can be consumed to heal 1 health (which isn't much, but since it stacks, you can take a lot of it with you, perhaps stacking up to sixteen?), but it can also be placed like a Block; Honey blocks look like jars of honey. They can stack on top of each other, but torches and ladders and such can't be placed on their sides. They would also look a bit like vases, so would be a good choice for ornamental decorations.
Honey and bread can be combined like follows:
= Honey = Bread
This would make a Cake. Cake can be eaten to heal 5 health. Cake doesn't stack, however. It too would have a block appearance if you place it. It would look like a delicious golden cake, sort of a spongecake texture.
Perhaps it would be possible to make an inert Honeycomb block, too. It would look just like the Apiary block, but have no bees (and thus, perhaps, look somewhat "hollow" instead?) and it would be harder to craft, using a crafting table and following the recipe for making a Chest, but with Wax. Perhaps you can store Honey inside of them? Hmm...
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Whenever a tree is created via the generator or via a sapling growing, it has a small chance (perhaps 5% ? Perhaps 2%?) of spawning with a Beehive block as well.
Beehive blocks can be broken for 1-3 Wax and 0-1 Honey. Doing so will spawn a Bee Swarm mob, which would be the size of one block and fly after the player. It would be resistant to swords and arrows (it would take a lot of swings to kill it) but it dies instantly if submerged in water or set on fire.
Wax can be used to make candles (as shown above) but if you make a 2x2 block of Wax, it'll create an Apiary block. These look somewhat like Beehive blocks, but look more like honeycombs than the beehive pictured above.
Apiary blocks can be destroyed just like Beehive blocks, and will drop 1-3 Wax and 0-1 Honey, and spawn a Bee Swarm mob, just like breaking a Beehive block.
However, Apiary blocks, when right-clicked on, open up a Beehive interface that shows the honey and wax content of the Beehive. It'd be like a simplified Furnace menu.
Every once in a while, an Apiary will generate one Wax. This is a slow process, but it will accumulate in the "bottom" slot of the Apiary menu. You can remove these easily, and not have to suffer from being attacked by bees.
Likewise, every once in a while, an Apiary will generate one Honey. This is also a slow process, but it will be quicker the more flowers are within a 20 block radius of the Apiary that are (a) connected to it via Air, and (:cool.gif: under sunlight (bees forage during the day only). This Honey appears in the top slot, and also prevents attack by bees.
Honey can be consumed to heal 1 health (which isn't much, but since it stacks, you can take a lot of it with you, perhaps stacking up to sixteen?), but it can also be placed like a Block; Honey blocks look like jars of honey. They can stack on top of each other, but torches and ladders and such can't be placed on their sides. They would also look a bit like vases, so would be a good choice for ornamental decorations.
Honey and bread can be combined like follows:
This would make a Cake. Cake can be eaten to heal 5 health. Cake doesn't stack, however. It too would have a block appearance if you place it. It would look like a delicious golden cake, sort of a spongecake texture.
Perhaps it would be possible to make an inert Honeycomb block, too. It would look just like the Apiary block, but have no bees (and thus, perhaps, look somewhat "hollow" instead?) and it would be harder to craft, using a crafting table and following the recipe for making a Chest, but with Wax. Perhaps you can store Honey inside of them? Hmm...
Fun idea. I'd love to be a beekeeper.