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Honeycomb

Honeycomb

Honeycombs are items obtained by shearing full bee nests and beehives. They are used to craft beehives, candles, and honeycomb blocks. It can also be…

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Contents (18)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Harvesting
  3. Generated loot
  4. Usage
  5. Signs
  6. Waxing
  7. Crafting ingredient
  8. Sounds
  9. Data values
  10. ID
  11. Achievements
  12. Advancements
  13. History
  14. Java Edition
  15. Bedrock Edition
  16. Issues
  17. Gallery
  18. In other media
For other uses, see Honey.
Honeycomb
Honeycomb.png: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Honeycomb'
Invicon Honeycomb.png: Inventory sprite for Honeycomb in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Honeycomb
Rarity tier
 
Common
Renewable Yes
Stackable Yes (64)

Honeycombs are items obtained by shearing full bee nests and beehives. They are used to craft beehives, candles, and honeycomb blocks. It can also be applied as wax to many copper blocks to prevent them from oxidizing over time, as well as to signs to prevent them from being edited.

Obtaining

Harvesting

When a bee nest or beehive at honey_level 5 is sheared, it drops 3 honeycombs and angers any bees inside, causing them to attack. Having a lit campfire or soul campfire or lighting a fire underneath the nest or hive prevents the bees from becoming hostile.

A dispenser with shears inside can be used to shear the nest without angering the bees. The honeycomb pops out as a dropped item.

Generated loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Honeycomb Trial Chambers Corridor chest 2–8 10.2%
Entrance chest 2–8 55.1%

Usage

Signs

Using a honeycomb on a sign or a hanging sign prevents the sign from being edited.

Waxing

Using a honeycomb on any copper block including the lightning rod, or on a copper golem, changes the block or golem into its waxed variant, preventing oxidation of the copper.

Crafting ingredient

Sounds

Java Edition

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Shears scrapeFriendly MobsWhen honeycombs are collected from a beehiveblock.beehive.shearsubtitles.block.beehive.shear​0.81.0/0.9/0.816
​Wax on[sound 1]BlocksWhen a honeycomb waxes somethingitem.honeycomb.wax_onsubtitles.item.honeycomb.wax_on​1.01.0/0.9/1.116

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​ ?BlocksWhen honeycombs are collected from a beehiveblock.beehive.shear​ ?0.80.8–1.0
​ ?Friendly MobsWhen a honeycomb waxes somethingcopper.wax.on​ ?1.00.8–1.2

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
ItemSprite honeycomb.png: Sprite image for honeycomb in Minecraft HoneycombhoneycombItem item.minecraft.honeycomb

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Form Translation key
ItemSprite honeycomb.png: Sprite image for honeycomb in Minecraft Honeycombhoneycomb591Item item.honeycomb.name

Achievements

IconAchievementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)Gamerscore earnedTrophy type (PS)
PS4Other
Wax on, Wax offApply and remove Wax from all the Copper blocks!!!Wax and de-wax each oxidation stage of the 4 original copper blocks in the game: blocks of copper, cut copper blocks, cut copper stairs, and cut copper slabs.30Silver

Advancements

IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
Wax OnApply Honeycomb to a Copper block!Use a honeycomb on any of these 15 waxable copper block variants: The block can be in any of its four oxidation stages, but cannot already be waxed.
Wax OffScrape Wax off of a Copper block!Use an axe to revert any of these 15 waxed variants of copper blocks: The block can be in any of its four oxidation stages.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.1519w34a Added honeycombs.
Honeycombs can be used to craft beehives.
19w41a Honeycombs can now be used to craft honeycomb blocks.
pre3 The texture file of honeycombs has been slightly changed. The color channel of transparent pixels are now filled to black. The in-game texture has not been changed.
1.1720w45a Honeycomb can now be used to craft candles and waxed blocks of copper.
21w11a Honeycomb can now be used to wax copper blocks by right clicking or dispensing honeycomb onto the block.
21w14a Honeycomb can now be used to wax oxidized copper blocks.
21w19a Honeycomb can no longer used to craft candles.
pre1 Honeycomb can once again used to craft candles.
1.2023w12a Signs and hanging signs can now be waxed with honeycomb to prevent them from being edited.
1.20.3
Experiment
Update 1.21
23w43a Honeycomb can now be used to wax chiseled copper, copper grates, copper bulbs, copper doors, and copper trapdoors.
23w45a Honeycomb can now be obtained from corridors and entrance chests in trial chambers.
1.21.925w31a Honeycomb can now be used to wax copper chests, copper golems, copper golem statues, and lightning rods.
25w32a Honeycomb can now be used to wax copper chains, copper bars, and copper lanterns.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.14.0beta 1.14.0.1 Added honeycombs.
beta 1.14.0.4 The texture of honeycombs has been changed to match Java Edition.
1.16.210
Experiment
Caves and Cliffs
beta 1.16.210.57 Honeycomb can now be used to craft waxed copper.
Honeycomb can now be used to wax copper blocks by right clicking or dispensing honeycomb onto the block.
1.17.0
Experiment
Caves and Cliffs
beta 1.16.230.52 Honeycomb can now be used to wax oxidized copper blocks.
1.17.10beta 1.17.10.22 Honeycomb can now be used to craft candles.
1.19.80
Experiment
Next Major Update
Preview 1.19.80.22 Signs and hanging signs can now be waxed with honeycomb to prevent them from being edited.
1.20.50
Experiment
Update 1.21
Preview 1.20.50.22 Honeycomb can now be used to wax chiseled copper, copper grates, copper bulbs, copper doors, and copper trapdoors.
1.20.60
Experiment
Update 1.21
Preview 1.20.60.20 Honeycomb can now be obtained from corridors and entrance chests in trial chambers.
1.21.100
Experiment
Drop 3 2025
Preview 1.21.100.23 Honeycomb can now be used to wax copper chests and copper golems.
1.21.111Preview 1.21.110.20 Honeycomb can now be used to wax copper golem statues.
Preview 1.21.110.22 Honeycomb can now be used to wax lightning rods.
Preview 1.21.110.23 Honeycomb can now be used to wax copper chains, copper bars, and copper lanterns.

Issues

Issues relating to "Honeycomb" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

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