Bee House

The Bee House is an outdoor farm device that produces Honey. It must be placed outside, and once placed it has a chance to generate honey each day, including during winter. If the player gets too close before collecting it, the bee will fly away.

Bee Houses can also produce flavored Honey when they are near blooming flowers. With the exception of Crocus and Sweet Pea, any flower within 5 tiles in a cardinal direction can change the product, for a total affected area of 60 tiles excluding the Bee House’s own tile. When multiple flowers are in range, the closest flower takes priority. If several flowers are equally close, the flower to the horizontal left is chosen first, followed by the next flower clockwise.

• Honey is available all but winter when produced without a nearby qualifying flower.
• The flower’s effect works best when Bee Houses are arranged around a planted flower patch.
• On Ginger Island, placing flowers near Bee Houses allows flavored Honey to be produced year-round.
• Garden Pots can be used in places where flowers cannot normally be planted, including some areas of the farm and the Ginger Island farm.
• If the player leaves all inventory slots full except for one, Honey can be collected without also picking up nearby flowers.
• Planting a Sunflower on Summer 20 ensures flower Honey can still be harvested in early Fall.

Because Bee Houses only function outdoors, their placement is important. They are most efficient when surrounded by flowers that stay in bloom long enough to keep the desired Honey type active, and their range makes it easy to set up compact honey farms. The daily production also means they do not require repeated processing once placed, making them a passive source of income and a useful way to turn flower crops into higher-value Honey.