Seasons-What's up with Bees?

seriously my bees are practically always irritated or enraged and this is without mites!

I bought a bee box as soon as I opened up my game and promptly left it alone for a couple of days because I was busy looking at all of the other things happening because it was so exciting!!! And then when I finally got around to my bee box, they were enraged. And when I tried to help them, nothing would, they were just angry. So i sold it and bought a new one and as soon as I got into live mode, I noticed they were calm and I spammed the bond with bees button until my sim got stung a couple of times. >w<

But her relationship with them grew! So now I don't let them go too long without being bonded with. After a few times bonding (maybe 3 or 4?) I was able to collect a swarm and do send them to bring me gifts or ask them to cheer up another sim! My sim lives in Willow Creek and I have summer set for 4 weeks, so there's been a BUNCH of thunder and lightning. I always check on the bees i the morning (i keep them outside because I don't have room on my lot right now to build a green house) and they're usually irritated but once I go out and bond with them, they're calm again! I think it's because she bonded with them so much prior to the storms. ^U^

My bee box got struck by lightening, twice, made the bees so mad that they died.

nooooooooo if its storming bring them inside ,it also helps to calm them as they were enranged and i brought them inside and they instantly calmed

"Fireclaw;c-16568480" wrote:
My bee box got struck by lightening, twice, made the bees so mad that they died.

My bees are always enraged or irritated. I tried moving them around so they're closer to more flowers but nope! I think they're just naturally cranky?

I started having the same issue, and after reading this thread I figured that the issue may have, indeed, been weather. First of all, the scented arrangement works really well. But if you're like me and you want to keep your plants and the bees outside, try putting a heating lamp next to the bee box. I'm currently in fall, my flower arrangement is long gone, and so far my bees have been calm all the time since I put the lamp next to them. I also put a small roof over the bee box, but I don't know if that really matters especially since I've had no rain to test if it affects the bees in any way.

"kittymeow;c-16566630" wrote:
My sim keeps disturbing the bees without me knowing. I don't know how to stop it. :/

"Kausawolf;c-16566648" wrote:
Yeah, my sims keep autonomously going over and disturbing the bees.
I've mostly given up on them until I level up her flower arranging.

Took me a while to figure out this was happening in my game. I ended up placing a fence around it and locking the gate to only allow my gardner sim.

My greenhouse bees were very calm until they flew into a rage during a vicious thunderstorm. They were mad for two days!

Bees are way too much work and I gave up on them because it's just not worth the amount of time you need to spend with them to keep them calm, for what... better honey? Is it even used for anything?

I'm just starting to focus on my bees. Like one of the previous posters I've placed them in the greenhouse and locked it to everyone except for my gardener sim. The quality of the honey is poor but once that improves I plan on adding it to the retail store where I sell potions and other spa related products.

From Carl's guide:

Bees are dormant in Winter, partially active in Spring and Fall, and fully active in Summer. While the rate is cut during partially-active seasons, during Summer bees produce one jar of honey every 8-10 hours. So by 32-40 hours you can get up to 4 jars. Hovering over the bee box you can see how much honey is produced. If it is partially full it's at least 1 jar, full means 3-4. The quality of honey that is made is directly tied to your relationship status with the bees. If they're enraged and have mites, honey quality drops. Keep them healthy and happy for Excellent honey that is worth $60 a jar. This means during Summer one bee box can generate up to $180-200 Simoleons a day (since it takes 30ish hours to fill).

HONEY USE
You can collect honey from the bee box or sell it directly. I don't recommend this - Honey's great for your Sims. Honey is an amazing substance that never rots, and it's perfect for the summer and winter in Seasons. Why? Because it completely removes temperature related debuffs and grants immunity. Just eat it from your Sim's inventory and they'll get an instant happy moodlet which clears all negative temperature effects. This can absolutely save a Sim near-death, so keep some on hand if you go fishing far away from home on a super hot day. Honey can also be baked into cake and a tea that grants a focused buff. These also give you the benefits of honey.

There are also a couple of recipes that require honey.