Honeycomb

Honeycomb

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

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Honeycombs are items obtained by shearing full bee nests and beehives. They are used to craft beehives, candles and honeycomb blocks, and can 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 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	[hide]Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Honeycomb	Trial Chambers	Corridor chest	2–8	10.2% { "item": "Honeycomb", "stacksize": "2–8", "chance": 0.101618311707246, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Corridor chest" }
		Entrance chest	2–8	55.1% { "item": "Honeycomb", "stacksize": "2–8", "chance": 0.5508401920438958, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Entrance chest" }

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 blocks (except for the lightning rod) changes the block into its waxed variant, preventing oxidation of the copper.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Beehive	Any Planks + Honeycomb
Candle	String + Honeycomb
Honeycomb Block	Honeycomb
Waxed Block of Copper	Matching Unwaxed Block of Copper + Honeycomb
Waxed Chiseled Copper	Matching Unwaxed Chiseled Copper + Honeycomb
Waxed Copper Bulb	Matching Unwaxed Copper Bulb + Honeycomb
Waxed Copper Door	Matching Unwaxed Copper Door + Honeycomb
Waxed Copper Grate	Matching Unwaxed Copper Grate + Honeycomb
Waxed Copper Trapdoor	Matching Unwaxed Copper Trapdoor + Honeycomb
Waxed Cut Copper	Matching Unwaxed Cut Copper + Honeycomb
Waxed Cut Copper Slab	Matching Unwaxed Cut Copper Slab + Honeycomb
Waxed Cut Copper Stairs	Matching Unwaxed Cut Copper Stairs + Honeycomb

Sounds

Java Edition

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Shears scrape	Friendly Creatures	When honeycombs are collected from a beehive	block.beehive.shear	subtitles.block.beehive.shear​	0.8	1.0/0.9/0.8	16
	​Wax on	Blocks	When a honeycomb waxes something	item.honeycomb.wax_on	subtitles.item.honeycomb.wax_on​	1.0	1.0/0.9/1.1	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When honeycombs are collected from a beehive	block.beehive.shear	0.8	0.8-1.0
	Friendly Creatures	When a honeycomb waxes something	copper.wax.on	1.0	0.8-1.2

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	[hide]Translation key
Honeycomb	honeycomb	Item	item.minecraft.honeycomb

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	[hide]Translation key
Honeycomb	honeycomb	591	Item	item.honeycomb.name

Achievements

[hide]
Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Wax on, Wax off	Apply 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.	30	Silver

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Wax Off	Scrape Wax off of a Copper block!	Use an axe to revert any of these 9 waxed variants of copper blocks: The block can be in any of its four oxidation stages.
	Wax On	Apply Honeycomb to a Copper block!	Wax any of these 9 waxable copper block variants using a honeycomb: The block can be in any of its four oxidation stages, but cannot already be waxed.

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.15			19w34a				Added honeycombs.
							Honeycombs can be used to craft beehives.
			19w41a				Honeycombs can now be used to craft honeycomb blocks.
			Pre-release 3				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.
1.17			20w45a				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.
			Pre-release 1				Honeycomb can once again used to craft candles.
1.20			23w12a				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.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.14.0			beta 1.14.0.1				Added honeycombs.
			beta 1.14.0.4				The texture of honeycombs has been changed to match Java Edition's.
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.
1.17.10			beta 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.

Issues

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