Apiary
A lightweight mod that makes honeycombs magnetically fly to your inventory when harvesting with shears, eliminating dropped items.
- Loaders
- Fabric
- Downloads on Modrinth
- 1.1K
- Followers on Modrinth
- 3
- versions
- 45
- Updated
- October 21, 2026Oct 21
- Published
- in 2026
At a glance
Needed both in the game and on the server
Apiary
Apiary is a small quality-of-life mod that makes harvesting honeycombs from bee nests and beehives less of a hassle.
Right-click a full bee nest or beehive with shears and the honeycombs get pulled straight into your inventory, with a little magnetic particle effect as they go. No more chasing dropped items around on the ground.
Features
- Magnetic honeycomb collection: honeycombs fly into your inventory instead of dropping on the ground
- Double helix particle trails: a spiral golden trail connects the block to you as you harvest
- Night and moon bonuses: harvesting at night gives +1 honeycomb, full moons give double
- Weather bonuses: rain gives +1 honeycomb and calms the bees on its own, no campfire needed (deserts excluded, since it doesn't rain there)
- Snow biome bonus: harvesting during snowfall in snowy biomes gives +1 honeycomb, with snowflake particles
- Flower bonus: keep 3+ flowers within 5 blocks of your hive for +1 honeycomb and heart particles
- Lucky drop: 1% chance of a bonus honey bottle, with a small firework to celebrate
- Thunderstorm effects: electric spark particles during storms
- Campfire and soul campfire support: both calm bees the normal way, with a cozy smoke ring effect
- Dynamic audio: shear sounds get slight pitch variation, and bonus harvests play an XP sound
- Vanilla honey bottles: collection works exactly as it always has
- Vanilla bee behavior preserved: bees still get angry if you harvest without rain or a campfire, same as usual
- Lightweight: no real overhead, no changes to core gameplay
- Multi-version support: works on Minecraft 1.21.8, 1.21.9, 1.21.10, and 1.21.11 (single JAR), plus 26.1, 26.1.1, and 26.1.2 (separate JAR) and 26.2
Honeycomb Amounts
| Condition | Honeycombs |
|---|---|
| Day, clear | 3 |
| Day + rain | 4 |
| Day + flowers (3+) | 4 |
| Day + snow | 4 |
| Night, clear | 4 |
| Night + rain | 5 |
| Night + flowers | 5 |
| Full moon, clear | 6 |
| Full moon + rain | 7 |
| Full moon + rain + flowers | 8 |
There's also a 1% chance for a bonus honey bottle on any harvest.
Why Apiary?
Good fit for beekeepers who want harvesting to feel a bit nicer without touching the core gameplay.
Requirements
- Fabric Loader
- Fabric API
Bug Reports & Feature Requests
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FAQ
How to install Apiary?
Install Fabric for your Minecraft version, download Apiary for the same version and loader, put the file into the mods folder and launch the game with the loader profile.
Which Minecraft versions does Apiary support?
Apiary has builds for Minecraft 1.21.8–26.3.
Is Apiary needed on the server?
Needed in the game and on the server
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