Maple's Bee Collection
by MapleMods
Maple's Bee Collection changes the appearance of bees on a world's seasons, with custom textures that switch automatically through the year.
What it does
Bees in a world receive custom textures that change with the seasons. Variants spawn at random across the world, and a bee keeps its skin when the world is reopened, so a collected bee stays the same. Seasons follow the calendar: spring runs from 1 March to 31 May, summer to 31 August, autumn to 30 November, and winter to the end of February. A hemisphere setting selects the northern or southern calendar automatically.
The mod requires Sapling, which must be installed alongside it. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. Files are published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, with the latest build 26.2-1.1 for 26.2 released on 2026-07-06. Game versions with files are 1.20.1, 1.21.1, 1.21.11, 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2 and 26.2.
Key features
Seasonal bee textures
Bee skins switch to season-specific textures on the calendar, while regular bees remain available.
Hemisphere selection
A command chooses the northern or southern season dates, and the hemisphere can be flipped by an admin command.
Name tag lock
A bee can keep one texture all year when a name tag is applied before a new season starts, and a config option controls this.
Per-category and per-texture settings
Commands enable or disable whole categories or single textures, and can set the season dates.
Config values
Options turn off seasons during holidays, reload the config file and show the current values through commands.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Seasonal worlds on servers
Server owners who run a shared world can give every player the same seasonal bee textures by installing the mod on both sides.
Who it’s for: Players who want bee textures that follow the calendar, and server owners who want to control which textures are active through commands and config.
How it compares
Bee Variants! is a Fabric-only mod for 1.21.1, published under the MIT License and run on client and server. Realistic Bees covers 1.16.5 – 26.3 on all four loaders, is client and server, and is under All rights reserved. Bee Buddies uses a custom license and covers 1.16.5 – 1.21.1 on all four loaders.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple's Bee Collection | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.1 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-06 |
| Bee Variants! | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-01-22 |
| Realistic Bees | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16.5 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-02 |
| Bee Buddies | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16.5 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-08-16 |
Questions
Does Maple's Bee Collection need Sapling?
Does the server need the mod too?
How can a bee keep one texture all year?
Which loaders are supported?
In the catalog
Maple's Bee Collection is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Custom designed bee textures to bring a little something extra to your gameplay. 🌱 The Sapling mod needs to be installed in order for this mod to work 🌱
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/maples-bee-collection
- Owner
- MapleMods
- Published
- 2025-12-18
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-06
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15