Bee Mastery
by eliasnvx
Bee Mastery expands Forestry with eleven new bee species, legendary tools and frames for beekeeping.
What it does
Bee Mastery is a successor to ForestryExtras, recreated for current Minecraft versions with an in-game guide book and text in 10 languages. It adds 11 new bee species to the Community Edition of Forestry, along with living auras, top-tier tools and frames. Players can breed agricultural livestock into elite bees, progressing from humble beginnings toward apicultural supremacy. The mod runs Forestry's own beekeeping logic for breeding, ageing and production, so the bees work exactly as they do in a normal hive.
The Bee House is a real 3D hive with a back, bottom board, landing board, brood box and honey super, and a roof with bees buzzing out of it. A Bee House can be worn in the chestplate slot, so the bees keep working wherever the player walks, through any biome, weather or light. A flower slot carries flowers for the bees, so they stop needing flowers placed around the player. Hives can be upgraded with the mod's own Reinforced metals, and the upgrade adds a speed module slot while everything inside is kept. Bee Mastery is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and is open source, with its source code published. It is client and server, and it requires Forestry: CE.
Key features
Eleven bee species
Eleven new bee species join the Community Edition of Forestry, each with its own living aura.
Wearable Bee House
The hive can be worn as a chestplate, and a built-in armour craft gives the hive protection.
Hive status window
A small panel shows the queen and her remaining life, and the hive window explains why the bees stopped, such as being too hot or raining.
Non-stinging owner bees
Bees in a player's own hive never sting, while aggressive and radioactive bees in other hives still will.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x6 of 6 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Buzzier Bees is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.16.5 – 1.21.1 under a custom license and is not open source. Realistic Bees covers Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.16.5 – 26.3 under All rights reserved, also not open source. Resource Bees is available for Fabric and NeoForge on 1.21.1 under the MIT License. Bee Mastery is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and works on Forge and NeoForge.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bee Mastery | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-09-25 |
| Buzzier Bees | Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.5 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-09-04 |
| Realistic Bees | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16.5 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-02 |
| Resource Bees | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-28 |
Questions
Does Bee Mastery need Forestry: CE?
Does the server need Bee Mastery?
Which loaders are supported?
In the catalog
Bee Mastery is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,337 Food mods for Forge. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Master the art of beekeeping. Bee Mastery is a big expansion for Forestry: Community Edition — 11 new bees, living auras, top-tier tools and frames, and a hive you wear on your back that keeps working wherever you go. It's the spiritual successor to the beloved ForestryExtras, rebuilt from scratch for modern…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/bee-mastery
- Owner
- eliasnvx
- Published
- 2025-11-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15