Bee/DST

Don't Starve

DST

MobItem

“To bee or not to bee.”

–Wilson

“It's fat, but that stinger looks dangerous.”

–Willow

“Is fat and angry-looking.”

–Wolfgang

“I'd steer clear of that stinger.”

–Wendy

“A MINDLESS DRONE. I LIKE HIM”

–WX-78

“Apis mellifera. Quite large!”

–Wickerbottom

“She's making the flowers grow.”

–Woodie

“They work so hard, the fools.”

–Maxwell

“Wee warriörs! I dön't knöw if I like them.”

–Wigfrid

“Always Be Pollinating.”

–Webber

“Where there are bees, there is honey!”

–Warly

“Buzz!”

–Wormwood

“She's an incredible worker.”

–Winona

“Buzz buzz buzz, tiny bee!”

–Wortox

“Buzzy stinger.”

–Wurt

“Heh... sure wish I wasn't deathly allergic to them!”

–Walter

“It's thinking about stinging me, I can see it in its beady eyes.”

–Wanda

“Careful!”

–Wilson, when examining a held bee

“Pocket full of bees!”

–Willow, when examining a held bee

“Is safely in my pocket.”

–Wolfgang, when examining a held bee

“Be still, little one.”

–Wendy, when examining a held bee

“ITS VIBRATIONS ARE COMFORTING”

–WX-78, when examining a held bee

“It is not pleased.”

–Wickerbottom, when examining a held bee

“Now what do I do with her?”

–Woodie, when examining a held bee

“Now what do I do with it?”

–Maxwell, when examining a held bee

“Easy nöw!”

–Wigfrid, when examining a held bee

“Ours now!”

–Webber, when examining a held bee

“Hi, honey.”

–Warly, when examining a held bee

“Needs home”

–Wormwood, when examining a held bee

“Workers gotta look out for one another.”

–Winona, when examining a held bee

“Careful now, little mortal.”

–Wortox, when examining a held bee

“Ha! Got you, florp!”

–Wurt, when examining a held bee

“Ha ha... you wouldn't sting me... right little guy?”

–Walter, when examining a held bee

“It seemed like a good idea at the time.”

–Wanda, when examining a held bee

Bees are neutral Mobs that spawn from Beehives and Bee Boxes. While their aggressive variant - the Killer Bee - is charged with the protection of the nest, the primary function of these normally docile creatures is Honey production. If provoked however, they do join fights to defend the hive.

When killed, they drop either 1 Honey or Stinger and increase the player's Naughtiness by 1 point.

Bees can be caught with Bug Net. Starving bees can be fed with food, like Rot.

The optimal way to get large number of bees would be to burn bee boxes and put out the fire with Ice Flingomatics. All the bees evacuated from bee boxes will be normal bees that are available to capture, and if they are captured quickly, no killer bees will spawn.

Beehavior

Bees are usually seen traveling between their nest and nearby Flowers during the Day. They leave their nest in the morning one at a time at regular intervals and all return home at Dusk or when they have collected pollen from 6 different sources. When they reach a Flower, they will usually land on it for a short time before moving on again. The closer the Flowers are to the nest, the faster the Bees will produce Honey for Bee Boxes. If there are no Flowers nearby or if all Flowers are occupied, Bees will sometimes simply land on the ground and wait.

Peaceful bees do not cross ocean or non-enclosing walls, except to return to their hive at night. All Bees ignore completely enclosing walls, which is different from how Lavae work (it works to enclose each Lava Pool individually). Aggroed bees always ignore walls. If the wall has a door and the door is open during a bee's pathfinding, that bee will ignore the wall for a bit and fly over it, even if the door is closed during the actual flyover. In spring, a normally wall-respecting Bee can aggro on something across a wall, then fly over the wall to fight it.

When their link to a Beehive is severed, like released after being caught, the Bee will be able to propagate a new Flower after pollinating 6 different Flowers. Evil Flowers can also possibly and similarly be grown, with the chance increasing with the number of evil flowers the Bee has pollinated among the 6 flowers the bee had pollinated. Hiveless Bees will pollinate Flowers through Dusk and winter. With each bee likely growing more than 1 flower, bees are more economical for mass production of flowers compared to planting butterfly, provided there are 6 flowers available.

Bees appear red in Spring. However, they can still be used for building Bee Boxes. Red Bees and Killer Bees can be distinguished based on their behavior and origin. Red Bees would be going between the flowers and can only originate from Beeboxes and normal beehives. On the other hand, Killer Bees is either flying after their target, or returning to hive. Red bees are hostile to most other mobs, and players within 4 Tiles.

When harvesting Honey from a Bee Box any Bees inside will aggro and attack, but those already outside will not. It's perfectly safe to harvest a Bee Box if all the Bees are outside, or in winter when bees are dormant.

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  Non-aggro'd bees respect non-enclosing walls

Killer Bee

MobItem

“Oh no! It's a killer bee!”

–Wilson

“I like the cut of that bee's jib.”

–Willow

“Angry bee!”

–Wolfgang

“A bee without conscience.”

–Wendy

“IT HAS A STINGER AND A BAD ATTITUDE”

–WX-78

“It is especially venomous.”

–Wickerbottom

“That bee doesn't seem as friendly.”

–Woodie

“What is that bee so angry about?”

–Maxwell

“A challenger!”

–Wigfrid

“Uh oh, run!”

–Webber

“Almost not worth the honey!”

–Warly

“Bad Buzz! Bad!”

–Wormwood

“Stay back, bug!”

–Winona

“Please don't sting my delicate imp skin.”

–Wortox

“It look mad.”

–Wurt

“(Sigh). All bees are killer bees when you're allergic.”

–Walter

“I won't be killed by the likes of you, bee!”

–Wanda

“This seems dangerous.”

–Wilson, when examining a held Killer Bee

“Buzz!”

–Willow, when examining a held Killer Bee

“My angry bee!”

–Wolfgang, when examining a held Killer Bee

“Be still, little one.”

–Wendy, when examining a held Killer Bee

“WARNING: KILLER BEE IN POCKET”

–WX-78, when examining a held Killer Bee

“It is not pleased.”

–Wickerbottom, when examining a held Killer Bee

“She's none too pleased with her situation.”

–Woodie, when examining a held Killer Bee

“I've caught a tiger by the tail.”

–Maxwell, when examining a held Killer Bee

“A cönquered föe.”

–Wigfrid, when examining a held Killer Bee

“I hope it doesn't escape.”

–Webber, when examining a held Killer Bee

“So sassy!”

–Warly, when examining a held Killer Bee

“Needs home”

–Wormwood, when examining a held Killer Bee

“You can just calm right down.”

–Winona, when examining a held Killer Bee

“My claws will sting you right back.”

–Wortox, when examining a held Killer Bee

“Nice buzzer...”

–Wurt, when examining a held Killer Bee

“This is fine...”

–Walter, when examining a held Killer Bee

“I'm not quite sure what my plan is here.”

–Wanda, when examining a held Killer Bee

Killer Bees are an aggressive variant of Bees. They spawn from regular Beehives, Killer Bee Hives, and Bee Boxes when attacked, or when a Bee is caught with a bug net nearby.

Killer Bees will attack anything that damages a Beehive or a Killer Bee Hive. All Bees, inside the hive, emerge as Killer Bees and attack, but any Killer Bees that were not in the hive will ignore the threat unless the target fights back. Running away a short distance will de-aggro the killer bees and they will fly towards their nest, but they are aggressive and may decide to attack anything nearby, such as Chester.

Killer Bees can also be caught with the bug net, however, they are generally useless as materials, as they can't be used for Bee Boxes, but can be relocated to assist in combat.

Killer Bees are hostile towards almost all creatures except flying Birds, Mosquito, Butterfly and players within 8 Tiles.

Combat

Both types of Bees defend fellow member of the same hive; this occurs when a Killer Bee or worker Bee is attacked or caught with a Bug Net. Bees already outside help if they are within 30m while those still inside all leave the hive immediately and attack regardless of distance (though they give up the chase after 8 seconds if they can't reach their target). Bees belonging to different hives do not assist. However, hiveless Bees do assist any hive and vice versa; any hive will aid a hiveless Bee for up to 10 members combined.

Single bee or killer bee is easy to fight, because they are vulnerable to stun lock in single combat.

Bees and killer bees in group, can be fought by grouping them as one, kite by hitting once and retreat. Area of effect damage, like Abigail and bramble husk are effective against groups of bees. Lureplants can also help kill groups of bees.

Bees and killer bees have longer damage delay, and hence player can directly run through them without taking damage.

Below is the number of hits it takes with each weapon to kill a Bee when playing with characters with a default damage modifier. The Weather Pain, Brightshade Staff, and Bee Mine are not included due to their random natures. This table does not take into account the damage bonus gained from characters with a lunar or shadow affinity. It also does not take into account the 40% damage bonus Wendy gets from attacking the same mob as Abigail, Wanda's damage bonus with Shadow weapons (except for the Alarming Clock, which does accurately reflect that bonus), or Wolfgang's damage multiplier when he isn't mighty.

Number of hits

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Weapon
	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	1
()	1 (Old) 2 (Middle age) 2 (Young) 4 (Out of fuel)	1 (Old) 1 (Middle age) 2 (Young) 4 (Out of fuel)	1 (1 ) (Old) 1 (1 ) (Middle age) 1 (1 ) (Young) 3 (2 ) (Out of fuel)	1 (1 ) (Old) 1 (1 ) (Middle age) 1 (1 ) (Young) 3 (2 ) (Out of fuel)
()	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )
()	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 ) (1 (1 ) )	1 (1 ) (1 (1 ) )
	2 (2 )	2 (2 )	2 (1 ) (2 (1 ) )	2 (1 ) (2 (1 ) )	2 (2 )	2 (2 )	2 (1 ) (2 (1 ) )	2 (1 ) (1 (1 ) )	2 (2 )	2 (2 )	1 (1 ) (1 (1 ) )	1 (1 ) (1 (1 ) )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 ) (1 (1 ) )	1 (1 ) (1 (1 ) )
	2	2	2 (2 )	2 (1 )	2	2	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	2	2	2 (1 )	1 (1 )	1	1	1 (1 )	1 (1 )
	2	2	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1	1	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1	1	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1	1	1 (1 )	1 (1 )
	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	1 (1 )	2 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )
	3 - 12 (2 - 8 )	2 - 11 (2 - 7 )	2 (2 ) - 10 (7 ) (2 (2 ) - 7 (5 ) )	2 (2 ) - 9 (7 ) (2 (2 ) - 6 (5 ) )	2 - 10 (2 - 7 )	2 - 10 (2 - 7 )	2 (2 ) - 8 (6 ) (2 (1 ) - 6 (5 ) )	2 (1 ) - 8 (5 ) (2 (1 ) - 6 (4 ) )	2 - 9 (2 - 6 )	2 - 8 (2 - 6 )	2 (1 ) - 7 (5 ) (2 (1 ) - 5 (4 ) )	2 (1 ) - 7 (5 ) (2 (1 ) - 5 (4 ) )	2 - 7 (2 - 5 )	2 - 6 (1 - 5 )	1 (1 ) - 5 (4 ) (1 (1 ) - 4 (3 ) )	1 (1 ) - 5 (3 ) (1 (1 ) - 4 (3 ) )
	2	2	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	2	2	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	2	1	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1	1	1 (1 )	1 (1 )
()	2 - 8	2 - 7	1 (1 ) - 5 (3 )	1 (1 ) - 5 (3 )
	2
Note	3 (2 )	2 (2 )	3 (2 )	2 (2 )	2 (2 )	2 (1 )	2 (2 )	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )
	3	2	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	2	2	2 (1 )	1 (1 )	2	2	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1	1	1 (1 )	1 (1 )
() Note	2	2	2 (1 )	1 (1 )
	3 - 5	2 - 4	2 (1 ) - 3 (2 )	2 (1 ) - 3 (2 )	2 - 4	2 - 3	2 (1 ) - 3 (2 )	1 (1 ) - 2 (2 )	2 - 3	2 - 3	1 (1 ) - 2 (2 )	1 (1 ) - 2 (1 )	1 - 2	1 - 2	1 (1 ) - 2 (1 )	1 (1 ) - 1 (1 )
()	2 (2 )	2 (2 )	2 (1 ) (1 (1 ) )	1 (1 ) (1 (1 ) )
()	2	2	1 (1 )	1 (1 )
	3	3	2 (2 )	2 (1 )	2	2	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	2	2	2 (1 )	1 (1 )	1	1	1 (1 )	1 (1 )
	3 (Melee on land) 2 (Melee on ocean) 2 (spell)	3 (Melee on land) 2 (Melee on ocean) 2 (spell)	2 (2 ) (Melee on land) 2 (1 ) (Melee on ocean) 2 (1 ) (spell)	2 (1 ) (Melee on land) 1 (1 ) (Melee on ocean) 1 (1 ) (spell)	2 (Melee on land) 2 (Melee on ocean) 2 (spell)	2 (Melee on land) 2 (Melee on ocean) 1 (spell)	2 (1 ) (Melee on land) 1 (1 ) (Melee on ocean) 1 (1 ) (spell)	2 (1 ) (Melee on land) 1 (1 ) (Melee on ocean) 1 (1 ) (spell)	2 (Melee on land) 2 (Melee on ocean) 1 (spell)	2 (Melee on land) 1 (Melee on ocean) 1 (spell)	2 (1 ) (Melee on land) 1 (1 ) (Melee on ocean) 1 (1 ) (spell)	1 (1 ) (Melee on land) 1 (1 ) (Melee on ocean) 1 (1 ) (spell)	1 (Melee on land) 1 (Melee on ocean) 1 (spell)	1 (Melee on land) 1 (Melee on ocean) 1 (spell)	1 (1 ) (Melee on land) 1 (1 ) (Melee on ocean) 1 (1 ) (spell)	1 (1 ) (Melee on land) 1 (1 ) (Melee on ocean) 1 (1 ) (spell)
()	2 (Direct hit) 3 (AoE)	2 (Direct hit) 3 (AoE)	2 (1 ) (Direct hit) 2 (2 ) (AoE)	2 (1 ) (Direct hit) 2 (1 ) (AoE)
	2
	4 (2 )	3 (2 )	4 (2 )	3 (2 )	3 (2 )	2 (2 )	3 (2 )	2 (2 )	2 (2 )	2 (1 )	2 (2 )	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	1 (1 )	2 (1 )	1 (1 )
()	3 (2 )	2 (2 )	3 (2 )	2 (2 )
	4	3	3 (2 )	2 (2 )	3	2	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	2	2	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	2	1	1 (1 )	1 (1 )
()	2 (When thrown)	1 (When thrown)	1 (1 ) (When thrown)	1 (1 ) (When thrown)
	4	4	3 (2 )	3 (2 )	3	3	2 (2 )	2 (1 )	3	2	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	2	2	1 (1 )	1 (1 )
()	3	3	2 (2 )	2 (1 )
()	2 (When thrown)	2 (When thrown)	1 (1 ) (When thrown)	1 (1 ) (When thrown)
	5	5	4 (2 )	3 (2 )	4	4	3 (2 )	3 (2 )	3	3	2 (2 )	2 (1 )	2	2	2 (1 )	2 (1 )
()	2 (When thrown)	2 (When thrown)	2 (1 ) (When thrown)	2 (1 ) (When thrown)
()	4 (Direct hit) 6 (AoE)	4 (Direct hit) 5 (AoE)	3 (2 ) (Direct hit) 4 (3 ) (AoE)	3 (2 ) (Direct hit) 4 (2 ) (AoE)
()	6	5	4 (3 )	4 (2 )
()	3 (When thrown)	3 (When thrown)	2 (2 ) (When thrown)	2 (1 ) (When thrown)

It takes 1 blast with an Ice Staff to freeze Bee, and 1 Sleep Dart to put it to sleep.

Usage

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Tips

• Bees and Killer Bees do not automatically target Wormwood as of the Reap What You Sow update.

Trivia

• Wickerbottom refers to normal Bees as Apis mellifera, or the Western/European Honeybee, and comments that they are rather large.
  • While the scientific name of Killer Bees is not specifically mentioned, the existence of the "Apidae Maxwellius Red" Silk Loungewear skin suggests that Apis maxwellius would be the proper name for them. Apidae is the family for bees, and Maxwellius most likely refers to Maxwell's role in their creation.
  • Given Bees in Don't Starve don't kill themselves after stinging, their large abdomen and their small hive size, it's more likely that they're a variant of Bumblebee.
• When WX-78 examines a Bee, they will refer to it as a "drone" and as a male. This is incorrect, as real Honey Bee drones don't have stingers and don't collect pollen or participate in making honey. Instead, their role is to mate with the Queen Bee. Real worker bees are female and have the stingers. Woodie and Winona get this fact right.
• A real killer bee is a hybrid of the African Honey Bee and the European Honey Bee. It is an invasive species in North America. However, they look the same as bees and aren't red.
• Bees will still land on Flowers even if the Flowers are on fire.
• Despite Wickerbottom's examination quote, Killer Bees do not cause Poisoning in Shipwrecked DLC.

Bugs

• Both Bees and Killer Bees can still be "caught" after they've been killed, if a Bug Net is used while close to the Bee's corpse, though it will disappear from the inventory soon after (unless there is at least one Bee or Killer Bee in the inventory before capturing the corpse).
• A Bee or Bees sometimes get stuck in one spot during dusk and night, when they are supposed to hide in their Hives or Bee Boxes. This can sometimes occur when a wall is in the Bee's way (even when there's an opening somewhere).
• Occasionally, Bees will go through walls no matter the tier. To fix this place 2 rows of walls and upgrade to tier 3.

Gallery

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  Bee leaving its hive to visit a Flower.
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  A sleeping Bee.
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  A frozen Bee.
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  A dead Bee.
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  Several Bees resting, pollinating, and flying around Flowers.
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  Several Bees resting, pollinating, and flying around Evil Flowers.
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  Bees still trying to pollinate the flowers even though they are on fire.
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  Killer Bees flying in a group.
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  A Set Piece that features Killer Bee Hives among Grass.
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  A frozen Killer Bee.
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  A dead Killer Bee.
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  A sleeping Killer Bee.
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  Original HD Bee icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.
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  Original HD Killer Bee icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.

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