Need Sweet Sap or Sour Sap? See the Sap Collector Guide for the mature-tree mappings and three-day cycle.
Crafting and Processing Guide
Beehive Guide
The Beehive is a two-stage processing machine. An eligible Flower becomes Honey in 1 to 4 days depending on the Flower, then Honey can be processed again for 2 days to make Royal Jelly.
Beehive at a glance
Unlock
Yuta's Helping Ticket
Request
Bee x5
Craft
Wood x40 + 2 Sap types
Chain
Flower to Honey to Royal Jelly
The page uses Beehive as the public name. Older Crafting copy may call the same machine Bee Box, but the canonical machine ID is one record: beehive.
Unlock
How to unlock the Beehive
The Bee requirement belongs to Yuta's Helping Ticket, not to every machine craft.
- Start Yuta's Helping Ticket. Find the Spring task in the fixed Helping Ticket sequence.
- Catch Bee x5. The current route places the Bees in the mountain area north of the Hunter's Lodge.
- Deliver them to Yuta. Report the completed delivery instead of putting Bees into a Workbench recipe.
- Return the next day. Visit Yuta's home and complete the follow-up to receive Beehive crafting access.
Earliest-known timing
Year 1 Spring 16
Spring 16 is an earliest-known availability point for the Helping Ticket sequence, not an automatic Beehive unlock date.
Mountain area north of the Hunter's Lodge, with the current route describing five Bees across the upper clearing and left-side narrow area. Exact spawn chance and time are not confirmed.
Workbench recipe
Craft the Beehive with Wood and two Sap types
Bees unlock the recipe. They are not part of the construction cost.
Material
Wood
x40
Stable ID: wood
Material
Sweet Sap
x3
Stable ID: sweet-sap
Material
Sour Sap
x3
Stable ID: sour-sap
The base machine has a low-priority resale value of ¥90. Keep the recipe and unlock requirement separate when troubleshooting the Workbench.
Sap inputs
Sweet Sap and Sour Sap are separate materials
Both Beehive Sap inputs resolve through the shared Sap Collector mapping.
Sweet Sap
Chestnut tree with a Sap Collector
Attach a Sap Collector to the mapped mature tree. The shared mapping keeps the two Sap IDs separate.
Sour Sap
Attach a Sap Collector to the mapped mature tree. The shared mapping keeps the two Sap IDs separate.
Honey
Flower to Honey
Honey is a Beehive output with a Flower-specific processing timer.
Processing route
Place an eligible Flower into the Beehive. This is a processing input, not a confirmed passive nearby-flower pollination mechanic.
- Time
- 1 to 4 days
- Sell price
- ¥174
- Input category
- Flower
- Output quantity
- Not confirmed
The structured source confirms the Flower category and the 1 to 4 day range. Exact compatible Flower IDs and a complete item-by-item timer table are still research-only, so no unsupported “best flower” ranking is shown.
Royal Jelly
Honey to Royal Jelly
Royal Jelly is a second Beehive pass, not a direct Flower output.
Second processing step
Return Honey to the Beehive. The fixed second-stage timer is 2 days.
- Machine
- Beehive
- Time
- 2 days
- Sell price
- ¥374
- Output quantity
- Not confirmed
Downstream uses
Keep Honey reserves before shipping
The confirmed uses are narrow, so do not treat every output as a generic money route.
Honey
Village Chief Delivery Catalog, Processed Goods: Honey x5
This relationship is represented in the current delivery or processing data.
Open related guideHoney
Second Beehive pass for Royal Jelly
This relationship is represented in the current delivery or processing data.
Open related guideRoyal Jelly
No additional use confirmed
The current repository does not directly confirm a cooking, gift, request or stamina use for Royal Jelly.
Open related guideTroubleshooting
Common Beehive problems
Check the progression boundary before changing inputs.
Why can't I craft the Beehive?
Complete Yuta's Helping Ticket and its next-day follow-up first. Then check for Wood x40, Sweet Sap x3 and Sour Sap x3 at the Workbench.
Why does this Flower take a different time?
Honey timing is tied to the individual Flower and ranges from 1 to 4 days. Do not replace the range with a universal 3-day rule.
Why can't Honey go into another processor?
Royal Jelly is made by putting Honey back into the Beehive. It is not a direct Flower to Royal Jelly route.
Is there an Upgraded Beehive?
No separate upgrade appears in the current structured machine and Workbench data. This guide does not infer one from other processors.
FAQ
Beehive questions
How do you unlock the Beehive?
Complete Yuta's Helping Ticket, deliver five Bees, report the task, then visit Yuta's home the next day for the Beehive recipe.
How many Bees does Yuta need?
Yuta's canonical Helping Ticket requirement is Bee x5. Those Bees are an unlock requirement, not a Beehive construction ingredient.
What materials craft a Beehive?
Use Wood x40, Sweet Sap x3 and Sour Sap x3 at the Workbench.
How do you make Honey?
Place an eligible Flower into the Beehive. It produces Honey after a Flower-specific timer between 1 and 4 days.
Does every Flower take 3 days?
No. The canonical Honey record gives a 1 to 4 day range depending on the Flower. The complete item-level timer matrix is not yet confirmed in this repository.
How do you make Royal Jelly?
Put Honey back into the Beehive. Royal Jelly takes 2 days as a separate second processing step.
How much do Honey and Royal Jelly sell for?
Honey sells for ¥174 and Royal Jelly sells for ¥374 in the current canonical processed-item data.
Do you need five Bees for every Beehive?
No evidence supports that. The five Bees belong to Yuta's Helping Ticket. The Workbench recipe uses Wood and Sap materials.
Is there an Upgraded Beehive?
No separate Upgraded Beehive is represented in the current structured machine and Workbench data, so this guide does not invent one.
Related guides
Follow the Beehive chain
Use each focused guide for the system that owns the next decision.
Written by: Village in the Shade Guide Editorial Team
Last updated: August 27, 2026
Sources: Official publisher and storefront pages, released-game research and linked source notes.