Peaceful Bees
by DRECUBED
Peaceful Bees changes how bees behave toward players and mobs, so they stop attacking whenever a hive or nest is disturbed.
What it does
Bees are passive by default in this mod. They do not attack players or mobs regardless of the world difficulty setting. A configurable mode lets server owners choose between a fully disabled aggression setting and a Beehavior mode that keeps bees willing to defend themselves. Players who harvest honey can briefly open a hive or nest without smoke at night or in rain, and a hive harvested without smoke will not anger bees in either setting.
Four modes control the behavior. Team Mode and Data Mode produce the same result, but Team Mode is the more efficient implementation for tick-rate performance, and Data Mode exists to avoid conflicts with other packs and mods. A switch command toggles between the two, and Team Mode is the default. The mod adds a setting dialog with options for reload messages and the disabled-aggression behavior. Peaceful Bees is server required and client optional, and it is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt. Files cover 26.3 as the latest version and nine release versions, 1.21.6 – 26.3. The code is under the MIT License, but the project is not open source.
Key features
Passive bee behavior
Bees do not attack players or mobs, whatever the world difficulty is set to.
Team and Data modes
Bee aggression can be switched between Team Mode, the default, and Data Mode, which avoids conflicts with other packs.
Peaceful and Beehavior modes
Server owners can disable bee aggression entirely or keep the Beehavior mode, where bees stay willing to defend themselves.
Smoke-free harvesting
Hives and nests harvested at night or in rain can be opened without smoke, and this does not anger the bees.
Configurable dialog
A settings dialog offers options for the aggression mode, the pack reload message and the smoke behavior.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Better Bees is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, runs client and server, and is published for Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt across 1.21.1 – 26.2. Realistic Bees covers the widest range, 1.16.5 – 26.3 on four loaders, and runs client and server under All rights reserved. Bee Info is client-side only, Fabric-only, and covers 1.21.1 – 26.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peaceful Bees | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.6 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-17 |
| Better Bees | Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.1 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-09-23 |
| Realistic Bees | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16.5 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-02 |
| Bee Info | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 26.1 | Client-side only | 2026-04-13 |
Questions
Does Peaceful Bees need to be installed on the server?
Which aggression mode should a server use?
Which game versions does Peaceful Bees support?
In the catalog
Peaceful Bees is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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Select Between Beehavior Modes & Methods: 1. Disabling Bee Aggro Entirely (Default) 😌 - This is the default Beehavior mode - if this is the Beehavior you want, no config is necessary! - Setting in dialog is: "Bees Will Not Aggro Any Entity (Data Mode)" There are two modes that produce this Beehavior: - Team Mode…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/peaceful-bees
- Owner
- DRECUBED
- Published
- 2025-07-31
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-17
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15