What a beehive is in PEAK
A beehive is a carryable item that hangs from trees in the Tropics, sometimes two to a tree. Bring it down and break it open and you get four Honeycombs. A swarm of bees guards each hive, and you hear the buzzing before you see it (Bug Phobia Mode swaps the swarm for a squeaking version).
Honeycomb is one of the better natural foods on the island. Each piece restores 10 Hunger and gives 50 bonus stamina; cooked, that rises to 20 Hunger and 75 bonus stamina. Cooking the whole hive at a campfire cooks all four combs at once. The stamina and food guide explains why bonus stamina matters on long walls.
Why players look for beehives
Food for the hard part of the climb
Four Honeycombs feed most of a team, and picking them up in the Tropics sets you up for the Alpine or Mesa that follows.
The Gourmand badge
Gourmand requires you to cook and eat a Half-Coconut, a Honeycomb, a Yellow Winterberry and an Egg, then escape. A beehive is the reliable Honeycomb source; the only other is a chance find in redwood stumps in the Roots. See the badge list.
Knowing where the bees are
Even if you skip the honey, a hive above your route is a hazard. The swarm attacks anyone who gets close or takes the hive, and an angry swarm chases the nearest scout, dealing 2.5 Poison per second.
How often and where
Beehives only exist in the Tropics, which appear on 104 of the 208 days in the current pool. On those days our maps show about 3.5 hives, from 1 to 5, and never zero; on Roots days, none. Positions follow the island seed, so they change daily. Today’s biomes tells you whether the Tropics are in the lineup, and the Tropics guide covers the rest of the jungle.
Routing with the map
Compare today’s markers with your planned line up the Tropics. A hive right on your path is the easy one; a hive far to the side costs time and stamina, and you carry a heavy item back. Open the location in the 3D map and rotate the camera to check its height and approach. Open 3D map
How to take a hive safely
- Decide who carries it. The beehive weighs 10 and, since patch 1.25.a, cannot go in the Backpack.
- Bring it down, grab it and move away from the tree.
- Throw it so that it breaks on the ground. If it does not break, the bees keep coming.
- Walk well away from the combs. The swarm returns to them, then disperses after a while.
- Come back and collect the four Honeycombs.
Carrying the hive far enough away also shakes the bees off, but you take Poison the whole way.
Common mistakes
- Climbing on with the hive in hand and hoping the bees give up.
- Throwing it onto ground where it does not break.
- Leading the swarm onto teammates. Angry bees go for the nearest player, so the carrier should move away from the group.
- Looking for hives on a Roots day.
Quick answers
How many Honeycombs does a beehive give? Four. Cooking the hive before breaking it cooks all four.
Why is today’s beehive list empty? The island has the Roots instead of the Tropics, and beehives only spawn in the Tropics.
How do I make the bees stop chasing me? Throw the hive so it breaks, then get far away. The bees go back to the combs and eventually leave.
