Bee

Registry name

etfuturum:bee

Audit correction: previously written as etfuturum.bee (wrong separator). Evidence: core/proxy/CommonProxy.java:289 registerEntity(EntityBee.class, "bee", 21, ...)

Basic info

Health: 10 HP
Armor: None
Size: 0.7 × 0.7 (width × height)
Spawn conditions: No EntityRegistry.addSpawn entry exists for EntityBee anywhere in this source tree — bees have no natural spawn at all (no vanilla-style spawn list, and no spawn egg in the sense of a world-spawn rule). They are obtainable via the etfuturum:bee spawn egg / commands, and by breaking a loaded …/block/bee-hive|beehive or bee nest that a player has placed.

Audit correction: the previous text asserted “bees appear via world generation (bee hives in trees)”. No such world-generation rule for bees / bee hives in trees was found in this repository, so that claim is not supported by the source.
Drops: Unknown (no explicit dropFewItems override; default EntityAnimal drops nothing)
Behaviour: Flying animal. Navigates using FlyingPathNavigator. Has nectar/sting lifecycle.

Configuration gate

Entity registration: ConfigEntities.enableBees, key enableBees, default ON (configuration/configs/ConfigEntities.java:55).
The blocks ModBlocks.BEEHIVE / BEE_NEST are gated by the same switch (ModBlocks.java:501-502 both read ConfigEntities.enableBees), so the bee and its hive are bound together. See …/block/bee-hive.

Stats

Attribute	Value
Max health	10 HP
Movement speed	0.3
Flying speed	0.6
Attack damage	2

Lifecycle and states

Has Nectar: When carrying pollen. Visual particle trail. Resets crop counter.
Has Stung: Bee has stung and will die shortly after attacking.
Pollinating: Bee is actively pollinating a flower (bit flag 0x1).
Angry: Triggered when bee or nearby bee is attacked; anger timer counts down from 400–800 ticks. When angry and not stung, bee pursues the attacker and nearby bees.
Hive position: Stored BlockPos; bees return to hive when conditions met.

Behaviour details

Foraging

Find a flower within range → travel to it → pollinate for 400+ ticks → gain nectar
Return to hive → deliver honey → repeat

Pollination mechanics

FindPollinationTargetGoal: while carrying nectar, randomly grows adjacent crops (max 10 crops per trip). Increments crop block metadata by 1.

Anger / attack

When attacked: all bees within 32-block radius become angry at the attacker
Anger duration: 400 + rand(400) ticks
Sting attack deals 2 damage + poison potion (Normal: 10s, Hard: 18s)
After stinging: bee dies within ~1200 ticks or on next damage

Hive rules

Cannot enter hive if: stayOutOfHiveCountdown > 0, pollinating, has stung, or hive is on fire
If failed pollinating for >3600 ticks, forced back to hive
Automatically looks for new hive if none held and cooldown expired

Breeding

Breeding item: Any registered BeePlantRegistry flower (crops, flower blocks, sweet berry bushes)
Breeding two bees produces a child bee

Sounds

Hurt: minecraft:entity.bee.hurt
Death: minecraft:entity.bee.death
Pollinate (ambient while on flower): minecraft:entity.bee.pollinate
Sting: minecraft:entity.bee.sting

Notes

Creature attribute: ARTHROPOD
Cannot suffocate in water (has underWaterTicks drowning counter; drowns after 20 ticks underwater)
fall() and updateFallState() overridden as no-ops — immune to fall damage
Eye height: height × 0.5
Does not take block path weights below 0 (liquid, fire, cocoa, fences, walls, magma blocks)
BeePlantRegistry is the mod’s flower/pollen API used to determine valid breeding/pollination targets