Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/08/23/bees-added-to-minecraft-final.html
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It’s always nice to see new stuff appear in vanilla Minecraft, but the Forestry mod has provided for all your bee needs for a long time.
(The Forestry bees don’t work in the Vivecraft VR mod, though.)
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Oprah will be pleased!
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Microsoft and bees…
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My daughter last night: “Dad! I got to do a sneak peak for an update to Minecraft! …but it was just bees.”
Me:
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Look, I’m sorry to pull out the obvious gif, but these things must be done, y’know.
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I’m glad they finally did this. I remember when the Peaceful Pack was updated regularly. It was fun raising virtual bees and exploring caves for fossils. <3
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In keeping with Minecraft’s rougueish leanings…
Hnnnnnnngh… must… not… drop… bad… make-up… pun…
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Counterpoint: the Forestry bees are bad and I don’t like them, and these bees seem good and I like them very much.
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I do hope they are good bois, 10/10 will play if they’re friendly honey bees.
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They are! Confirmed as neutral mobs. (so like sheep, etc)
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I am very curious for the background on why “bee” is in quotes here. Does he use some malformed cute kid word? Is he confusing bees for wasps?
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Because all winged insects (and in fact anything conspicuously alive that’s smaller than a “worb”) are “bees”, so any attribution of cuteness to his apparent interest in bees reflects only adult sentimentality.
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Your .mp4. is not a GIF.
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That is a lot of valuable information about the bees, but what about the birds?
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There are birds now too.
Don’t worry, bee happy.
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