Changelog & Release Notes

What’s new in Bee Hive—every update, new room, and colony feature.

v0.4.0 — 3D Cutaway Station Rooms, 16-Node Skill Tree & Bee Inspector (Current)

• Instant Fullscreen Colony Launch: Jump straight into your hive with one click from any page, plus seamless offline play on mobile and desktop.
• Animated 3D Cutaway Rooms ([L]): Zoom from the island overview right inside detailed 3D cutaway rooms for all 8 comb stations—including the Royal Sovereign Sanctum, Honey Ripening Room, Pollen Mixing Cell, Warm Brood Nursery, Royal Jelly Kitchen, Guard Post & Armory, Warming & Cooling Vent, and Wax Shaping Workshop.
• 16-Node Colony Skill Tree ([T]) & Royal Pheromone Surges: Unlock 16 upgrades across Industry & Alchemy, Colony & Brood Logistics, Defense & Warfare, and Exploration & Pheromones, plus 4 active 30-second Royal Pheromone Surges (Nectar & Station Overdrive, Royal Brood Surge, Thermal & Propolis Ward, and Zephyr Flight Boost).
• Expanded Colony Housing & Role Switching: Clear breakdown of your hive’s housing capacity (Starting Hive, Brood Nurseries, Comb Size Bonus, Food Stores, Winter Cluster, and Skill Upgrades) with 1-click bee recruitment and role switching across Workers, Specialists, Defense, and Explorers.
• Living Bees & Individual Bee Inspector: Every bee now has a personal name, natural flight path, live thought bubble, Energy and Morale meters, Follow Camera mode, and 1-click role switching.

v0.3.0 — Hexagonal Meadow Island, Tactile Command Bar & Mobile Touch Controls

• Isometric Hexagonal Island: Rebuilt the meadow island, surrounding stream, wooden apiary stand, and Colony Radar map around a unified honeycomb grid.
• Classic Strategy Command Bar: Redesigned the top resource bar, collapsible Colony Radar, dual-tab Inspector window, and bottom build bar.
• Desktop & Mobile Touch Controls: Added full keyboard shortcut support, two-finger pinch-to-zoom, two-finger twist rotation, and mobile-friendly menus.

v0.2.0 — Four-Season Weather, Waggle Dances & Hornet Sieges

• Four-Season Weather Cycle: Added continuous Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter weather shifts with live Thermal ([F1]), Pheromone ([F2]), and Supply ([F3]) map views.
• Waggle Dances & 47°C Heat-Ball Defense: Added Scout figure-8 Waggle Dances to guide Foragers to rich wildflower patches, and coordinated Guard Heat-Balls to defend the hive against Giant Asian Hornets.