Command a living bee colony in a tactile isometric Real-Time Strategy and Factory Simulation. Construct specialized honeycomb stations on a hexagonal island, zoom into 3D cutaway rooms, unlock 16 colony technologies, balance hive warmth across four seasons, and lead up to 60-bee squads against invading hornets.
3D Cutaway Comb Stations
[F1] Thermal & [F2] Pheromone Views
Individual Bee Inspector & Squads
From bustling hexagonal honey rooms to individual bees with their own names, thoughts, and flight assignments—every part of your hive is interactive.
Harvest raw floral Nectar and Pollen from meadow groves and refine them into Honey, Wax, Bee Bread, and Royal Jelly. Press Cutaway [L] or zoom in close to peer inside animated 3D Cutaway rooms with boiling copper stills, gear churners, and larval cribs.
Switch between live Thermal, Pheromone, and Supply map views. Click any bee—such as Queen Aurelia I, Forager Clover, or Guard Barnaby—to see its live thought bubble, cargo, energy, and morale, follow it with the camera, or change its role.
Grow your Colony Capacity across Workers, Specialists, Defense, and Explorers. Drag-select up to 60 bees, assign control squads, and surround armored Giant Asian Hornets with ≥5 Guards to neutralize them in a 47.0°C defensive heat-ball.
Expand your connected honeycomb outward from the central Queen’s Royal Chamber. Built-in comb protection prevents demolishing any cell that would split your hive in two.
Expands buildable comb territory, insulates neighboring chambers, and extrudes structural wax along an interior conveyor belt.
Boiling flasks and copper condenser coils evaporate raw floral nectar into energy-dense Golden Honey and Beeswax.
Gear-driven churners ferment raw meadow pollen with honey into protein-rich Bee Bread to nourish developing brood.
Warmed larval cribs incubate eggs into adult bees over 20s and expand your Colony Population Cap. Avoid prolonged chill (<28°C) or overheating (>38°C).
Synthesis columns and glowing helix coils refine Bee Bread and Honey into Royal Jelly for high-tier upgrades and Royal Surges.
Fortified perimeter bunker with twin ballistae and rotating radar vane that slows invading raiders and rallies nearby Guard bees.
Brass ventilation turbine and steam stacks that exhaust excess heat during Summer heatwaves and stabilize hive climate.
Gilded throne room of Queen Aurelia I, radiating Queen Pheromone across the comb to anchor colony morale and egg laying.
Invest harvested stores into 4 specialized upgrade branches or trigger 30-second Royal Pheromone Surges during peak harvests and hornet sieges.
Unlock Copper Condenser Coils, Pressurized Fermenter Vats, Centrifugal Jelly Distiller, and Master Alchemist Conveyor (+2 worker slots per station & passive Wax/Propolis production).
Unlock Hexagonal Cradle Expansion (+7 Pop Cap per Nursery), Royal Nurse Academy, Corbiculae Pollen Baskets (+50% cargo), and Sovereign Metropolis Charter (+15 Pop Cap & removes Winter cap penalty).
Unlock Propolis Bastion Plating (+150 Bastion HP), Barbed Venom Stingers, 46°C Thermo-Balling Mastery (2× Heat-Ball damage), and Valkyrie Guard Garrison (+2 Elite Guards).
Unlock Aero-Wing Harmonics (+35% flight speed), Waggle Dance Mastery, Winter Cluster Insulation (-55% Winter heat loss), and Perennial Meadow Symbiosis (+2 Scouts & richer blooms).
2.2× Refinery/Mixer/Jelly speed for 30s plus an instant +8 Honey and +6 Bee Bread bonus in every operational station.
Spawns up to 3 active bees immediately (within your Population Cap) and doubles Queen Pheromone morale aura for 30s.
Locks all comb rooms at 34.5°C for 30s, restores +60 HP to every station, and cleanses Varroa mites across the hive.
+60% bee flight speed for 30s and immediately replenishes +45 Nectar and +35 Pollen across all wildflower patches.
Recruit new workers or reassign bee roles with one click from the Colony Radar and Bee Inspector as seasonal needs change.
Honey
Nectar
Pollen
Bee Bread
Royal Jelly
Wax
Propolis
A continuous 8-minute yearly cycle shifts outdoor temperatures, daylight warmth, wildflower bloom, colony housing, and predator raid intensity.
1.5× Floral Yield. Rapid clover, dandelion, and lavender blooming fuels early comb expansion and brood incubation.
1.2× Floral Yield. High outdoor heat risks overheating brood chambers above 38°C without active Thermal Vents.
0.5× Floral Yield. Wasp and Giant Hornet raid frequency peaks as meadow patches wither before winter frost.
0.0× Floral Yield • -6 Winter Cluster Cap. Sub-zero air chills outside bees within 5.0 seconds. Recall squads and burn Honey to heat the core.
| Input / Shortcut | Command Action |
|---|---|
| Left-Click / Drag | Select individual bee, inspect hex station, or box-select up to 60 bees (Double-Click selects role) |
| Right-Click / Long-Press | Context order: Harvest flower, Tend/Clean station, Attack threat, or Rally move |
| 1–7 / Esc | Select Comb Room to build / Cancel active build tool |
| T / L / B | Open 16-Node Colony Skill Tree (T) • Toggle 3D Cutaway Room View (L) • Trigger Royal Surge (B) |
| Ctrl + 1..4 / Alt + 1..4 | Assign selected bees to Squad S1–S4 / Select squad (double-tap centers camera) |
| G / F / N / ZXC | Select all Guards, Foragers, or Nurses • Heat, Fan, or Clean selected comb station |
| WASD (Shift) / QE | Pan camera (hold Shift for boost) / Rotate 60° steps / 2-finger pinch & twist |
| F1–F3 / Tab / M / I | Switch Thermal, Pheromone, and Supply views • Toggle Radar & Inspector windows |
Click any Play Now button to launch your colony directly in your browser. You can also install Bee Hive as an app on your phone, tablet, or computer to play offline anytime.
Press [L] (or click the Cutaway [L] button in the top bar) to zoom into close-up 3D cutaway interiors of your honeycomb stations. Click any bee or select the Bee tab in the Inspector to see its name, thoughts, task, follow camera, and role switcher.
Build Brood Incubation Cells ([4], +5 Pop Cap each), expand your comb, keep Honey and Bee Bread reserves stocked, and unlock Hexagonal Cradle Expansion and Sovereign Metropolis Charter in the Skill Tree ([T]).
Box-select at least 5 Guard bees and right-click the invading hornet to form a coordinated Heat-Ball Cluster that raises local temperature to 47.0°C, neutralizing the hornet thermally!
