Bee Mastery: Forestry addon with a wearable hive

An addon for Forestry: Community Edition; it does nothing without it. It adds 11 bee species bred through Forestry's mutations, five metals that come out of their combs, 19 frames and five auras. The Portable Hive goes in the chestplate slot and keeps the bees working while you walk.

1.2.1 · 1.21.1, 1.20.1, 1.20.6, 1.20.5, 1.20.4, 1.20.3, 1.20.2 · NeoForge, Forge15K downloadsUpdated September 25, 2026 · Client and server

Requires: Forestry: Community Edition, PatchouliOptional: JEI

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Mod wiki

What's inside

A player seen from behind in a flower forest at sunset, with a Legendary Portable Hive and its lantern on the back — in-game screenshot

11 bee species
Six give farm goods, five give metal nuggets. All are bred from Forestry bees by mutation.
Portable Hive
Worn in the chestplate slot. Four tiers: 25% to 75% of the bees' speed, 1 to 4 module slots.
Nine hive modules
Bees work at night, in rain, underground or in any climate. The Collector hands products to you.
Five auras
A working hive hurts hostile mobs, buffs players or grows crops. Two charms in the Aura Belt do it on the go.
19 frames
From the Coal Frame at ×1.1 production to the Legendary Frame at ×5 with 10,000 durability.

Versions and loaders

Minecraft	NeoForge	Forge
1.21.1	1.2.1	not supported
1.20.1	not supported	1.2.1

Bee Mastery wiki

Items, recipes and mechanics. Everything you would otherwise ask on Discord.

Aura Belt

belt for aura charms

Holds two Aura Charms and pulses both while it is anywhere in your inventory. A charm outside the belt does nothing.

Potato Comb

honeycomb

Potato bees make it at 12% per cycle. In the centrifuge: Potato 15%, Poisonous Potato 15%.

Bee species

mechanic

All 11 species: parents, mutation chances, climate, comb and nugget chances, and which bee carries which aura.

Getting started

setup

What to install for 1.21.1 and 1.20.1, which bees to breed first and where the first metal comes from.

All Bee Mastery pages

Updates

[07/05] <Bee Mastery> Aura Belt, hive synergy and a guide book [1.1.0]Charms now work only in the Aura Belt, two at a time. Hives with the same aura widen each other's area, and the mod gets an in-game guide.
[09/25] <Bee Mastery> First release for 1.21.1, with a hive you wear [1.2.0]Bee Mastery 1.2.0 is the first build for Minecraft 1.21.1 on NeoForge. New in it: the Portable Hive with three upgrades and nine modules.
[09/25] <Bee Mastery> The Portable Hive comes to 1.20.1, drones stop duplicating [1.2.1]1.2.1 brings the Portable Hive, its upgrades and nine modules to Minecraft 1.20.1. On 1.21.1 it fixes a princess that mated without using up a drone.