How to Make the 18 Honey Types | Langstroth Beehives

Honey Contest Cheat Sheet

To get the honey type you want and finish the Collection:

1. Place one Beehive in a corner near 20 empty Plots, (or Shrub Beds, for the Blueberry Honey).
2. Harvest everything on your farm and don’t plant new Crops.
3. Plant 20 of the Crop you want Honey from next to the Beehive, or move one type only of the 5 pollinable trees (Chestnut, Orange, Avocado, Pine, Cherry) next to it.
4. Use Weak Fertilizer to grow the plant to the right stage (see plant in Shop).
5. Let the Bees pollinate. Done!

Tips:

• Use only one Beehive for simplicity, by putting the 2 empty Beehives in Warehouse. If they are not empty, move the Bees back to the Bee Skeps.
• If you think you can manage it, to complete the Contest faster, place Beehives in opposite corners of the farm, and let each one work on a separate type of Honey.

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Important Change

To learn a new type of plant, instead of infinite Vials needed before, now the Beehives use only 30 Floral Essence Vials for each type of new plant: 20 Vials to make a jar of that Honey, and 10 Vials spread out over other types of Honey, if they go there by mistake. This change applies retroactively only to the jars that have been made.

Other details, in short

Now, we’ll go into more details.

How do I add Bees to a Langstroth Beehive?

The Langstroth Beehive is a new Animal home that arrives empty. To add Bees, first click on one of your Langstroth Beehives, then click on a Starline Bee Skep, or regular Bee Skep, on your Farm.

… and some magic will happen, the Bees will fly from the Starline Bee Skep (or regular Bee Skep) to the Langstroth Beehive.

You can transfer Bees between Beehives and Bee Skeps very easy, so don’t worry about adding regular Bees by mistake. If the Bees in the Beehive have already collect 1 or more pollen from a plant, you will have to finish that Honey before you can move the Bees again — so, the Langstroth Beehive has to have 0 (zero) pollen.

What Honey type to make

Click on your Beekepr’s Stall to open it. You will notice 18 signs with question marks on them, each representing a different Honey type.

The 12 white signs with a question mark indicate a Honey type from the Regular Honey Collection (only one needed to keep the Beehives and finish the contest). The 6 golden signs with question marks indicate a type that’s required for the Premium Collection. This collection includes all 12 types from the Regular Collection, plus these 6 additional types.

Hover with your mouse cursor over one to see what Honey type it is. Let’s use Mint as an example.

Each Honey type requires the Bees to pollinate 20 of that specific plant and return with 20 nectar to the Beehive.

In the Shop, you can check what plants can be pollinated by looking for the pollen icon. You can also click on a crop to see the growth stage at which it has pollen — and it will be pollinable during that stage only.

Crops and Trees have 5 growth stages, with 1 being seeds and 5 the fully grown plant. As a reference, Clover was pollinable starting from stage 4, as well as at stage 5. For Herbs, 4 is the last growth stage (they only have 4).

There are also new Filtering options in the Shop to only see the Seeds or Trees that are Pollinable.

Now, where to plant Mint… Hover your mouse cursor over a Langstroth Beehive for 2 seconds, and a circle will appear, indicating the area (or range) where the Bees can pollinate plants.

What to consider

Keep in mind that Bees can pollinate ALL plants in the the Langstroth Beehive’s radius, so take this into consideration to avoid making unwanted types of Honey. If you want to make Mint Honey (for example), then make sure Mint is the only pollinable plant in the highlighted area. If Bees return with 3 or more pollen from plants other than Mint, they will make Polyfloral Honey.

We also recommend you place only 1 Langstroth Beehive in that area. Otherwise, when the plants reach the pollination growth stage, the Bees in al 3 will fly to pollinate, so they will use 3 Floral Essence Vials instead of 1.

Making the Honey

Let’s continue with the Mint Honey example. When Mint reaches stage 4, and provided you have the Floral Essence Vials mentioned above, the Bees will pollinate it. All the plants that have pollinable stages indicate what stage they’re in on hover.

Plant 20 Mint crops in an isolated area on the Farm and click 3 times with the Weak Fertilizer to reach growth stage 4 for Mint (seeds are stage 1).

After the Bees pollinate the plant, it will show some yellow/orange spots to let you know it’s pollinated — like Clover.

Keep fertilizing the other plots 3 times so they reach growth stage 4 for Mint, too, and the Bees will keep doing their job.

Once the Bees have 20 Mint Nectar, they will finally produce 1 Mint Honey. Note the first Honey for each type DOES NOT go to your Barn because it is used for the Collection. Only 1 jar of each Honey type is required for the Collection. Also, Bees must have at least 18 Nectar of the Honey type you want to make in order to make that type.

Click to collect the Honey. You can check a counter for the Regular and Premium collections if you hover with your mouse cursor over the Make Honey part of the event, or hover over your Beekeper’s Stall.

Now, click Reveal and the Honey will show on the Stall.

Floral Essence Vials

Bees work using Floral Essence Vials — which help your Bees get the taste of other types of nectar and pollen (other than Clover, which they already know). These vials contain pollen grains and magical plant essential oils.

1 Floral Essence Vial is required so the Bees get out of the Langstroth Beehive. Bees in a Langstroth Beehive will use Floral Essence Vials automatically if they have pollinable plants in their radius.

The Beehives use only 30 Floral Essence Vials for each type of new plant: 20 Vials to make a jar of that Honey, and 10 Vials spread out over other types of Honey, if they go there by mistake.

You can both Ask for Floral Essence Vials, or purchase them from the same place, the Shop > Specials tab.

Regular Collection and Premium Collection

The Regular Collection can be completed by making all 12 Honey types under the white signs with a question mark. This collection doesn’t require plants bought with RC, is accessible to everybody to make, and it is the only one required to complete the Contest and keep the Langstroth Beehives and Beekeeper’s Stall forever. Only 1 jar of each Honey type is required for the Collection.

The Premium Collection is the Regular Collection plus the 6 Honey types under the golden signs with a question mark. So, Premium Collection means all 18 Honey types. You can create a Premium Collection by making all Honey types. Adding the Regular Collection to the Barn will reset your progress.

For this event, all Honey types can be crafted by players who are level 22 and above. To help you complete the event, we’ve temporarily lowered the required level for plants normally unlocked above level 22.

Here is a list of Honey types and the levels at which they will be available once the Autumn Event 2024 ends:

What plants can be pollinated and at what stage?

Crops and Trees have 5 growth stages — some can be pollinated on growth stage 2, some 4, some 5 (fully grown). Herbs have 4 growth stages, while Blueberries (shrubs) are a tad harder to figure out.

Here are the plants that can be pollinated to produce the new types of Honey, based on the type of plant and the pollination stage (shown in brackets).

• Crops: Clover (4), Alfalfa (5), Snowdrops (5), Crocus (5), Yellow Rose (5), Mint (4), Pink Rose (5), Sunflower (4)
• Trees: Cherry Tree (2), Pine Tree (4), Orange Tree (2), Avocado Tree (2), Chestnut (2)
• Herbs (Herbs Garden): Rosemary (4), Thyme (4), Sage/Purple Sage (4)
• Shrubs: Blueberries (5). This is stage 2 after the Shrub matures.

Please note once again that plants will only be pollinable during that specific growth stage. So, you have to either wait for the plant to reach stages 2, 4, or 5, or use the Weak Fertilizer that grows a plant by 25% with each click. Weak Fertilizer can be obtained from Daily Rewards, or bought from the Shop > Specials tab.

Polyfloral Honey

Polyfloral Honey requires 20 nectar from plants and it’s created when Bees collect nectar from a main plant plus 3 or more units of any other plants combined. So, to make Polyfloral Honey, you will have to “screw it up” and make the Bees pollinate and get nectar from multiple plants.

Here are some examples of nectar combinations:

• 19 Alfalfa, 1 Cherry — Not Polyfloral (it will be Alfalfa Honey)
• 18 Alfalfa, 2 Cherry — Not Polyfloral (it will be Alfalfa Honey)
• 17 Alfalfa, 3 Cherry — Polyfloral Honey
• 17 Alfalfa, 2 Cherry, 1 Rosemary — Polyfloral Honey
• 17 Alfalfa, 1 Cherry, 1 Rosemary, 1 Yellow Rose — Polyfloral Honey
• 16 Alfalfa, 4 Blueberries — Polyfloral Honey

“Nothing to Pollinate”

The Beehives have a Zzz animation showing above when they don’t have something to pollinate in their area OR if there are no more Floral Essential Vials available for use, so you don’t think they’re stuck. They also display a “Nothing to pollinate in the area” message if you hover over them.

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FAQ

What happens to Bee Skeps? Can they make the new Honey?

The Bee Skeps work just as before, making Clover Honey. They cannot make the new Honey types. When you move the Bees from the Bee Skep to a Langstroth Beehive, they have more room, and, with the aid of the Floral Essence Vial they learn the scent of 17 new flowers that they can pollinate and get nectar from. Empty Bee Skeps or empty Langstroth Beehives do not count towards your Limits for Animals.

Can I turn Automation OFF for the Langstroth Beehives?

Yes, but keep in mind Automation only collects the Honey jar when it’s ready. Bees automatically get out of the Beehive if they have something to pollinate in the Beehive’s radius AND there are Floral Essence Vials available.

Also, this means Bees use 20 times fewer OPs to get 1 jar of Honey. Previously, it was 20 OPs to collect 20 Honey, now it’s 1 OP to collect 1 Honey jar that has 20 Honey Portions.

I can’t move the Bees back to an empty Bee Skep/Beehive!

To move the Bees back to an empty Bee Skep from a Beehive (or vice versa), the Bees have to finish making the Honey in their current home first (so, to have 0 nectar), and you have to collect the Honey jar. Then you can move them.

How can I control the Bees in Langstroth Beehives?

You can control the Bees by watching what you plant in their radius, move the Beehives away, or temporarily move the Bees back to Bee Skeps (if the Langstroth Beehive hasn’t collected any nectar to make Honey).

What’s with the new Honey and Honey (deprecated)?

When you logged on the game after the Autumn Event started, you got an Info notice like this, informing you that Honey (depracated) was transformed into Clover Honey.

Note that you have the same number of Honey Portions of Clover Honey as you had in Honey jars before — because 1 Clover Honey jar has 20 Honey Portions. If a product used 1 Honey before, now it uses 1 Honey Portion.

This allows a jar of Honey to feel much more precious and hard to obtain, even if, with the new Honey portions, right now it’s the same as before, without you having to do anything.

What are the advantages of the New Honey?

First, it solves multiple issues, first by is taking pressure off the Clover > Cow > Milk > Cheese chain, by both:

• making the Goats eat Alfalfa.
• using other types of Honey for your Recipes, by allowing to transform any type of Honey into an opened honey jar (Honey Portions), in increasing price order, with the new portions system. (feature coming soon, right now they’re using only the Clover Honey).

Further pressure is relieved from the Clover pollination chain, by making some recipes use Sugar instead of Honey. Sugar also has a Portions system.

20x less OP (for now), because the Beehives use OP only when they pick up the Honey. This event happens now 20 times less.

What are the prizes for completing the Honey Collection?

Complete the Regular Honey Collection to keep the Langstroth Beehives and the Beekeper’s Stall, and to unlock the Halloween Barn Theme.

Complete the Premium Honey Collection a SECOND time AND complete the Harvest Crops Contest of the Autumn Event 2024, and you can unlock the Area 51 Themes for the Barn and Silo.

Will I still need Floral Essence Vials after the Event ends?

Bees in Langstroth Beehives will no longer require Floral Essence Vials after the Autumn Event ends — provided you have finished the Regular Honey Collection in order to keep the Beehives.

How can I customize my Langstroth Beehive?

Langstroth Beehives are very customizable, so you can customize each one to your liking (comings soon).