Feed the Bees
by GardenSystem
Feed the Bees changes how bees behave around sugar and stings, and adds a slimeball recipe built from honey and lime dye.
What it does
Bees can be fed sugar to heal them, so a player can keep a hive's bees alive without losing them. The mod also changes what happens after a sting: a bee no longer dies, and it takes half a heart of damage and regenerates its stinger instead. Its purpose, as the author describes it, is to make bees safer to keep. The changes apply to bees in the world, and players interact with them as they normally would.
The mod adds one crafting recipe, slimeballs made from honey and lime dye, so the honey from bees has a use in crafting. It is a small mod that changes a few bee mechanics rather than adding new mobs or blocks. Feed the Bees runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. It is published for Quilt only, with files for 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 across five game versions, and the latest file is 1.2.4+1.19 for 1.20.1. The code is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only.
Key features
Sugar heals bees
Feeding sugar to a bee restores its health, so injured bees can be kept alive.
Bees survive stinging
A sting no longer kills the bee; it costs half a heart and the stinger grows back.
Honey and lime dye recipe
A recipe turns honey and lime dye into slimeballs, giving honey a crafting use.
Small, focused changes
The mod alters a few bee behaviors and leaves the rest of the game as it is.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Infinisting is a Fabric and Quilt mod for 1.20.4 – 1.21.1, released under the MIT License and open source, and it runs on client and server. Brainier Bees is server-side only, with files for Fabric and Quilt 1.19 – 26.3 under the MIT License and open source. Realistic Bees is a Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt mod that needs client and server, covers 1.16.5 – 26.3, and is under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feed the Bees | Quilt | 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-06-30 |
| Infinisting | Fabric and Quilt | 1.20.4 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2024-06-20 |
| Brainier Bees | Fabric and Quilt | 1.19 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-09-28 |
| Realistic Bees | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16.5 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-02 |
Questions
Does Feed the Bees need to be installed on the server?
Which loader does Feed the Bees support?
Does a sting kill a bee in Feed the Bees?
In the catalog
Feed the Bees is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,582 Mobs mods for Quilt. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
A small mod for bees that: - Lets you feed bees sugar to heal them - Stops bees from dying after stinging, instead taking half a heart of damage to regenerate their stinger - Adds a recipe for slimeballs using honey + lime dye
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/feed-the-bees
- Owner
- GardenSystem
- Published
- 2022-11-27
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-06-30
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15