How to Craft Beehive in Minecraft

Beehive in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own block model. Housing bees for honey and honeycomb production. The recipe first appears in the game's files in Minecraft 1.15.

A Beehive costs you 6 Planks and 3 Honeycombs, put together at a Crafting Table. On the grid you want six Planks in the top and bottom rows and three Honeycombs filling the middle row. You end up with 1 Beehive each time.

Beehive Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Beehive is minecraft:beehive. In commands the namespace may be left off, so beehive works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one: /give @p beehive
Give a full stack of 64: /give @p beehive 64
Give it to a named player: /give Steve beehive 1

Cheats have to be on for Beehive to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

Overview

Beehives are craftable bee homes. Bees pollinate flowers and fill the hive with honey. Use shears for honeycomb or bottles for honey. Beehive uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

This recipe first appears in the game's own data files in Minecraft 1.15, and not in the release before it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with planks (craft from logs) and honeycomb (harvest bee nests with shears).

One Stack, Counted

One stack is 10 goes at 6 planks each, which totals 10 beehives. The recipe wants 30 honeycombs beside it. The box keeps 4 planks.

Materials Needed

Item	Amount	Where to Find
Planks	6x	Craft from logs
HoneycombHoneycomb	3x	Harvest bee nests with shears

Beehive needs 6x Planks (craft from logs) and 3x Honeycomb (harvest bee nests with shears), worked together at a Crafting Table.

Step-by-Step Instructions

1
6x Planks
2
Honeycomb3x Honeycomb
3
Beehive

Minecraft crafting recipe for Beehive: 6 x Planks, 3 x Honeycomb in a crafting table, making 1 Beehive.

Tips & Notes

One craft costs 6x Planks and 3x Honeycomb. Start with the Planks: craft from logs.

Uses for Beehive

Housing bees for honey and honeycomb production

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Beehive on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Beehive in Minecraft?

a Beehive asks for 6 Planks and 3 Honeycombs, and the work happens at a Crafting Table. Lay them out exactly as the grid above shows, and one craft produces one Beehive.

Can you craft a Beehive without a crafting table?

You need a table for a Beehive. It is laid out as six Planks in the top and bottom rows and three Honeycombs filling the middle row, and that takes 3 rows, more than the 2x2 grid in your inventory can hold.

Where do you find the materials for a Beehive?

Each ingredient in a Beehive has its own source. Planks: craft from logs. Honeycomb: harvest bee nests with shears.

How many Beehives do you get from one craft?

The Beehive recipe makes one Beehive per craft.

What is the item ID for Beehive in Minecraft?

The Beehive item ID is minecraft:beehive, and in a command you can drop the namespace and write beehive on its own. Checked against Java 26.2.

What is the give command for Beehive?

Use /give @p beehive to put a Beehive in your own inventory, or /give @p beehive 64 for a full stack of 64. Cheats have to be on.

Is the Beehive recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?

A Beehive works the same on both: 6 Planks and 3 Honeycombs at a Crafting Table, the same pattern, one at a time, whether you are on Java or Bedrock.

What version of Minecraft added the Beehive?

For the beehive the answer is Minecraft 1.15, and it is not a guess: that release carries the recipe, the one before it does not. The Beehive recipe above matches the current release.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield: 6 Planks and 3 Honeycombs in, 1 Beehive out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, 17 August 2026.
That Bedrock agrees: Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same 2 ingredients.
How far back it goes: Minecraft Java 1.15 describes this recipe and the release before it does not. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
Stack size: The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The recipe book unlock: What unlocks it in the recipe book. Java 26.2.
The stack sum: Counted, not played: 1 Beehive per craft against the stack size.

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