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- How to get all the bees in the game
- How to Get Glitch Bees
As you might expect from Beekeeping Simulator, bees play a very large role in beekeeping. Apico. They are the source of most gameplay many their. In fact, finding and working with so many different bees is one of the main goals of the game.
There are 35 types of bees in Apico (36 including the top secret bees), and they all have different ways to acquire them. Guidebooks are very useful for you to do this in the game, but sometimes it’s more convenient to lay out everything in a handy guide.
Updated on May 18, 2023: Since the Navi update will be coming to consoles soon, we decided to provide this guide once again to make sure that all information contained in it is accurate and useful.
How to get all the bees in the game
Apico has three ways to acquire new bees.
- find them hives They are scattered all over the map.
- obtained as a result of specific pair breeding of bees together.
- at quest.
The majority of bees in the game are obtained through the second method, breeding. To do this, you need to breed bees together in an apiary and meet certain requirements.
- first, Only certain pairs can spawn entirely new bee types..
- Besides that, special requirements must be met. This can vary from having a specific flower in range to a specific time of day.
special requirements Allusions to Bee Guidebooks Although the game provides, the actual details can be very vague at times.
breeding tips
- remember, Bees can only be bred in an apiary.It’s not hives.
- In order to acquire some bees, the queen used to obtain them must complete its life cycle at a specific time of day. This time can be day, night, dawn or dusk, or a very short period of time.
- But there is a secret to knowing when a queen’s life cycle ends. After creating a queen, you can hover over the timer bar to the right of the icon.. this will tell you How long to wait for a queen’s cycle to end.
- At this point you can put the queen in your inventory and put her back in the apiary when you are sure the timer will end at the correct time.
- Just to be sure, consider removing her when you only have a few seconds left..
- when trying to acquire grumpy bee Hives do not necessarily require a smoker. Break the hive with a hammer and pick up the hive.
- If you’re struggling to time a specific breeding project that requires your queen to live out her life while it’s raining, consider using: swamp totem force the rain.
tier 1 bees
punishment |
video |
method |
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common bee |
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Found in a yellow hive. |
forest rain |
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Found in a green beehive. |
buggy rain |
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It is found in blue hives, found only in water. |
uncommon bee |
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It is rarely found in yellow hives. There can only be one yellow hive on your starting island. |
tier 2 bees
punishment |
video |
method |
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verdant bee |
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Breed common bees and forest bees together during the day. |
lively bee |
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Crossbreed Common Bee and Verge Bee together during the day. |
drowsy bee |
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Breed Forest Bee and Uncommon Bee together at dawn or dusk. |
Misty Rain |
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Crossbreed Forest Bee and Verge Bee together while it rains. |
dream rain |
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Breed a Common Bee and an Uncommon Bee together while sleeping in the bed. If you don’t have a bed of your own, you can use one from Barnabee’s house. |
mucky rain |
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Found in purple hives in swamps. |
Mugby |
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Found in blue hives in swamps that can only be seen in water. |
shining bee |
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They are found in blue hives in swamps that glow at dawn and dusk. |
rocky rain |
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Found when breaking a large boulder that requires breaking a stone pickaxe. The wooden pickaxe doesn’t work. |
tier 3 bees
punishment |
video |
method |
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Regal Rain |
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Crossbreed Verdant Bee and Vibrant Bee together within the Goldenrod flower range. |
worker |
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Crossbreed Vibrant Bee and Misty Bee together while within Honeybriar flower range. |
stubborn bee |
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Breed Drowsy Bee and Murky Bee together at dawn or dusk. |
domesticated bee |
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Breed a Verdant Bee and a Drowsy Bee together inside a building. |
Conch bee |
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Breed a Misty Bee and a Murky Bee together. There must be no other bees within radius of the apiary. |
twilight bee |
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Breed Dream Bee and Drowsy Bee together between 01:00 and 04:00. |
frosty bee |
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Found in ice-blue hives in ice regions. |
burning bee |
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Found in orange hives in ice regions. |
jurassic bee |
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Found in a blue hive encased in a block of ice. You have to use the heater to melt the ice and get the bees. |
tier 4 bees
punishment |
video |
method |
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crystal rain |
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Crossbreed a Regal Bee and a Frosty Bee together near some Honeycore. – A yellow crystal found in ice areas. |
ancient bee |
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Breed a Twilight Bee and a Worker Bee together. This bee should have 7 lives. Extend the lifespan of your bees using Honeybriar. |
bohemian bee |
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Breed domesticated and stubborn bees together on a range of at least 10 flowers. |
prolific bee |
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Breed a tamed bee and a conch bee together while in range of at least 6 live queens. |
industrial bees |
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Breed a Regal Bee and a Worker Bee together within the range of at least 3 automatic machines purchased from Bobbee. |
chaotic bee |
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Cross a Hermit Bee and a Twilight Bee with a stability of 1 together. Use Hivesbane to lower stability. |
arctic bee |
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Breed Frost Bees and Stubborn Bees together in icy areas where coolers are within range. |
Blazing Rain |
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Breed a Fiery Bee and a Stubborn Bee together in a swamp with a heater in range. |
empress bee |
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Cross a Fiery Bee and a Regal Bee together and cross them within a range of at least 3 smokers with different flowers. |
melody rain |
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Breed tamed and twilight bees within range of the jukebox playing music. You can get the Jukebox from the Fox Merchant in the top left corner of the map. |
lightning rain |
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Place the Hallowed Bee inside the hive in the swamp during a thunderstorm. |
halloween bee |
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Found inside orange hives on Sacred Island. |
How to get the Sacred Bee
The only way to get an A sacred bee It is to complete related quests. six idols It is hidden around the map and placed inside the Hivemother Shrine. Four of them are found in sanctuaries, one must be purchased, and one is a quest reward in its own right.
forest idol |
Found in the first island sanctuary. |
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Swamp Idol |
Found in a swamp sanctuary. |
polar idol |
Found in a sanctuary in the Ice Region. |
sacred idol |
Found in a sanctuary on a sacred island. |
sacred idol |
Quest reward for finding all 34 other types of bees. |
Mysterious Idol |
Purchased from a mysterious stranger who only appears at night. |
this idol Hivemother SanctuaryYou can find it inside the Hivemother’s Dream.
To reach the Hivemother’s Dream you will need: Activate 4 Hivemother Gates Found near idol shrines.
Requires specific bees to activate. Hover your cursor over the silhouette. to find something.
How to Get Glitch Bees
when using Hivemother Gateway Sometimes to teleport around the map glitch area. This can only happen after at least three gates are activated.
the only way to leave the area Take Queen Glitched Bee.This is the only way to get Glitched Bee.