Honeybee

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Real-world info
	Name: Apis mellifera; Family: Apidae- Various Bees
Main appearances
	DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue; WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
	Film HHD aF PC
	Names in other languages ミツバチ; 蜜蜂; Abeille naine; Abeja melífera; Ape operaia; Восковая пчела 꿀벌; 蜜蜂; Abeille naine; Abeja melífera; Honigbiene; Honingbij

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"I caught a honeybee! Hello, honey!" —Wild World

The Honeybee (ミツバチ, Mitsubachi) is a small insect that can be found buzzing around flowers, sometimes settling on them. They are very common, but should not be confused with the Wasp (referred to as the Bee prior to Animal Crossing: New Horizons), a closely-related species that is found in trees. An important difference from the Wasp is that they do not sting the player.

Catch details

In Wild World

#11

"The worker bees are female. Honey is a natural preservative!"

Description	The stinger of a honeybee is actually connected to its internal organs, eh wot? When it uses its stinger... the organs get pulled out. What an abhorrent image! I'm terribly sorry, but nature is not always family friendly!
Time of year	Mar – Sep
Time of day	9 AM – 4 PM
Peak times	Mar – Jul
Location	Flying near flowers
Bug size	13 mm
Rarity	Common
Selling price	100 Bells
Furniture size

In City Folk

#12

"I caught a honeybee! Hey there, sweetie!"

Description	All worker bees are female. Their honey has an almost indefinite shelf life.
Time of year	Mar – Jul
Time of day	Mar – Jun: 8 AM - 5 PM Jul: 8 AM – 4 PM
Peak times	N/A
Location	Flying near flowers
Bug size	13 mm
Rarity	Uncommon
Selling price	100 Bells
Furniture size

In New Leaf

#12

"I caught a honeybee! What a sweet catch!"

Time of year	Mar - Jul
Time of day	Mar - Jun: 8 AM - 5 PM Jul: 8 AM - 4 PM
Peak times	N/A
Location	Flying near flowers
Size	16 mm
Rarity	Common
Selling price	100 Bells
Furniture size

In New Horizons

#24

"I caught a honeybee! Ah, sweet success!"

Time of year	North: Mar – Jul South: Sep – Jan
Time of day	8 AM – 5 PM
Location	Flying near flowers
Weather	Any except rain
Spawn requirement	Appears from the start of the game
Selling prices	Nook's Cranny: 200 Bells Flick: 300 Bells
Furniture size

Donating to the museum

As with all insects in the Animal Crossing series, the Honeybee can be donated to the museum followed by a small talk by Blathers, the curator.

In Wild World

The curator of the museum, Blathers, will accept the Honeybee as a donation to the insect exhibit. He will talk about the Honeybee briefly before accepting it:

"The stinger of a honeybee is actually connected to its internal organs, eh wot? When it uses its stinger... the organs get pulled out. What an abhorrent image! I'm terribly sorry, but nature is not always family friendly!"

The Honeybee can be found at the middle-left side of the first room of the bugs section, on the flowers.

In City Folk

Blathers will talk about the Honeybee with disgust again in City Folk-

"Honeybees are rather famous among bees for the impressive teamwork they exhibit, eh wot? I've even heard they will swarm over enemies many times their size in an attempt to suffocate them. I must admit, it makes them seem rather like a bunch of brave warriors... Even so, when I imagine a massive swarm of bees, a different phrase comes to mind... "BLEEECCCH!"

It can be found in the lower-left section of the exhibit, buzzing the roses.

In New Leaf

Upon being donated, the Honeybee can be found in the first room of the bug exhibit flying around and resting on the bushes near the back of the room. The exhibit has this to say about the Honeybee:

"Honeybees gather nectar from flowers and make honey, making them integral in many ecosystems. The worker bees are females and the only ones capable of stinging, though that is rather rare. The hive does contain males, but after mating season, they are all sent away. Honey has been consumed since ancient times. Cave paintings 8,000 years old show people eating honey."

In New Horizons

"Did you know it takes a team of honeybees working together to transform flower nectar into honey? Indeed, forager bees suck nectar from flowers into their "honey stomachs" and then fly it to the hive. Hive bees then chew the substance and spit it into the honeycomb, fluttering their wings to dry it out. Yes, you could say honey is a tasty tribute to the hard work of the humble honeybee. Oh! Oh my! You mustn't confuse my lengthy description for admiration! At the end of the day, honeybees are still insects, and thus still ghastly! A wee bit ghastly than most, I admit."

Once donated to the museum, the Honeybee can be found on the tropical flower bed near the Man-Faced Stink Bug and the Mantis.

Real-world information

A European Honeybee settling on a flower.

Apis mellifera, the European honeybee, is a species of honeybee that is used frequently around the world to produce honey. There are many subspecies of this bee due to human intervention. This breed of honeybee originated from Africa. Like the in-game wasp and most species of bee, the European honeybee is capable of delivering a venomous sting, though this does not occur in-game. Unlike these other species, the European honeybee's stinger is barbed, causing the bee to fatally disembowel itself when the stinger is caught in the target's skin, leaving behind a sac that continues to envenomate the target until the stinger is removed. Despite being omnivorous, the European honeybee preys on microbes rather than other insects; consequently, stinging is used exclusively to protect against perceived threats.

The European honeybee has been subject to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), an unexplained phenomenon in which all worker bees leave their colony and die, leaving the hive without any means of supporting itself.

Names in other languages

	ミツバチ mitsubachi	Honeybee

	꿀벌 kkulbeol	Honeybee

	蜜蜂 mìfēng	Honeybee

	Восковая пчела Voskovaya pchela	Asiatic honeybee

	Honingbij	Honeybee

	Honigbiene	Honeybee

	Abeja melífera	Honeybee

	Abeille naine	Dwarf bee

	Ape operaia	Literally worker bee, honeybee