If you're just starting in Build a Beehive, your goal is simple: attract better bees, generate more honey, and grow your money. But wasting flowers or crowding your garden with the wrong setup will slow you down.

Here’s a full list of practical tips and tricks to play smarter, not harder.

How Flower Placement Affects Bee Speed

Bees move back and forth from the flower to the hive. If the flower is far away, it takes longer. That means less honey over time.

Keep your best flowers as close to the hive as possible.

Lower-tier flowers that are far from the hive aren't worth the trouble later on. You can press 1 to remove them and make room for stronger flowers.

Use the Shop Rotation to Your Advantage

The shop restocks every five minutes, but the good flowers show up less often and cost more honey. Don’t waste money on filler flowers.

Only buy flowers you plan to plant immediately and place near the hive. Tulips, Sunflowers, and other high-cost plants bring in better bees and generate way more honey.

If you don’t see anything good in stock, wait and save your honey. Buying cheap flowers every rotation will slow your progress.

How Bee Stats Work (And Why They Matter)

Each bee has two stats:

Speed: how fast it flies from flower to hive
Carry: how much pollen it brings each trip

The faster the bee and the more it carries, the more honey it generates. A high-speed, high-carry bee is your best investment.

The Tulip Bee, for example, is faster and carries way more than the starter Daisy Bee. That means less time flying, more time producing.

Always upgrade flowers strategically to get bees with better stats.

Giant Flowers = Giant Bees

Sometimes a flower will randomly become a giant. These attract oversized bees with boosted stats.

You can’t force it, but it’s worth keeping track of which flower types have spawned giants before. Better bees usually mean a better chance at a giant upgrade.

Don’t remove giant flowers unless absolutely necessary. They’re rare and way more valuable long-term.

Collecting and Selling Honey

Stand near the hive and hold E to collect all your honey at once.

Then click the Sell button at the top of the screen and choose Sell ALL Honey. Simple, but easy to forget when you're focused on planting.

Selling regularly keeps your honey count accurate and gives you more room to buy flowers when the shop refreshes.

Final Beehive Setup Advice

Prioritize flower slots closest to the hive
Remove early flowers as soon as you unlock better ones
Only buy when the shop has strong flowers
Avoid wasting Robux unless you're trying to skip ahead

Progress comes from patience and smart planting, not spamming random flowers across your entire plot.

Final Blurb

Build a Beehive might look like just another idle game, but smart flower placement and bee upgrades make a big difference. Don’t rush it. Focus on your top flowers, sell often, and keep your hive efficient.