Realistic Bees

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Project overview

Realistic Bees is a mod which attempts to make bee behaviour more realistic without adding new items or objects to the game. Bees are 25% of their normal size. To make bees a little less uncommon, the mod also adds a config value (by default 4) which defines the extra amount of bees that spawn after each natural bee spawn. The bee hive can also hold more bees than Minecraft's default, changed from 3 to 20. All available config options: beeSizeModifier default 0.25, min 0.01, max 5.0 This value determines the size of a bee. By default 0.25, which means they are 1/4th of their vanilla size. Set to 1.0 to disable the different bee size feature. extraBeeSpawnsPerBee default 9, min 0, max 50 In order to make bees a little more common. Whenever a bee naturally spawns, the mod spawns an additional 'extraBeeSpawnsPerBee' bees. beeHiveBeeSpace default 20, min 0, max 50 How many bees should be able to enter the hive in total. Minecraft's default is 3, but bees are a lot smaller so there should be more space. preventBeeSuffocationDamage default true The smaller (baby) bees can sometimes do something unexpected with their AI and get suffocation damage. Preventing this damage fixes them disappearing. Tiny bees! --or bigger. Depending on the beeSizeModifier config: You may freely use this mod in any modpack, as long as the download remains hosted within the CurseForge or Modrinth ecosystem. Serilum.com contains an overview and more information on all mods available. Comments are disabled as I'm unable to keep track of them across so many separate mod pages. For issues, ideas, suggestions or anything else there is the Github repo . Thanks!

FreeMinecraftMods decision guide

This mod is most relevant to players looking for Miscellaneous, Adventure and RPG, Mobs on Fabric, Forge, Quilt, NeoForge. Treat those labels as discovery hints, then verify the exact file and dependency list on the official project page.

The source record was updated on Jun 18, 2026, which is a recent freshness signal. A recent date does not guarantee support for every loader or Minecraft version, so still inspect the current file list.

What to verify before choosing a file

• Confirm that the file is published by the credited creator on the linked official source.
• Match the Minecraft version exactly instead of relying only on a broad category label.
• Read dependencies, incompatibilities, and changelog notes before updating an existing instance.
• Match the loader or server platform and its required version. Forge and NeoForge are not interchangeable.
• Back up worlds and configuration files before testing the project in a long-term save or public server.

Compatibility at a glance

Minecraft versions in this snapshot: 1.21.3, 1.21.2, 1.20.6, 1.20.5, 1.20.4, 1.20.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.3, 1.18.2, 1.20, 1.19.4, 1.19.3

Loaders and platforms: Fabric, Forge, Quilt, NeoForge

Before you install

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