Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Encountering Tips

How do I kill a giant bee? giant bee encountering and battling strategies in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
Sometimes bee hives will spawn inside each other which can result in alot of bees attacking you. If you damage one hive use a spyglass to see if it's only one hive.
Keep in mind that as soon as you destroy the nest the queen giant bee will start flying away instantly, so be close to the hive the moment it is destroyed. The queen flys at a slow speed, but fast enough for it to have severe consequences as if you lose sight of it for even a second you might lose it completely. After you destroy the hive you can use honey that is definitely dropped from the destroyed beehive to lure it as queen giant bees don't wander like a normal creature and instead fly in a straight line at like a 150 degree angle when they are initially spawned from a destroyed beehive, so use honey to fix its ai and actually make it start descending to the ground then wander like a normal creature.
If you don't have honey, you can also damage it by using something like a tranq arrow which won't kill it and that will also fix its ai. (obviously this will also aggro the regular giant bees)
If instead the queen bee is too far away to lure with honey, then read the first sentence of the tip again, specifically the second clause.
IF YOU CANT FIND A HIVE IN THE REDWOODS! My game had zero nest spawns I had to use admin commands to input "admincheat destroywilddinos" will reset wild spawns so be aware if you built somewhere dangerous. Only way I was able to get quetz and bees to spawn. (dedicated PS4 server)
I'll be honest with you, taming these on scorched earth, Ragnarok and modded maps with scorched engrams and recourses is best, "why?" Because there you have flame arrows and flame throwers, simply shoot the hive with your gun of choice, I recommend anything but a rocket launcher or tek rifle since whenever I try it with those nothing comes out, then burn the drones with a flamethrower, it's most effective, once you've gotten rid of them run up to the Queen, jump, and feed her, that's how it's done, all the drones will tame to you and you should be good, then just obtain bee hive and once you get back to base place the bee hive and demolish it, your bee will come out just fine, if you want honey just place the hive and give it rare flowers, I recommend having camouflage on so they don't attack you, you'll soon get some honey for taming bears and liopluerodons, and making veggie cakes, I believe it's in megalania kibble as well.
Are they there in mobile?if so where?
You guys! I was Arking when I saw weird crystals (they were orange, a cluster of three or four) it was closest to green obelisk and I went to the crystals to investigate, and I heard buzzing! Then all the sudden I am falling, and OH MY GOSH it was a giant bee hive, with other bee hives in it! I found the exit, and a dire bear. I tamed it, and harvested so much honey. It was awesome guys I’m telling you! Also, thanks Dan for creating Dododex! 🦤🦤🦤🦖🦖🦖🦕🦕🦕
Run they knock you off your tame if you take honey or destroy the hive or if you see them in the wild they will not hesitate to kill you
In Ragnarok they are commonly found under rock bridges towards the blue obelisk!
For me i used a dire bear and some honey
The drones will instantly die if you get far enough wat from the hive, so in the redwoods just parachute away once you grab the honey.
I actually had a hive spawn on green obelisk in the island, so that's always good place to look if you're trying to find one. Can also be found in redwoods, or on surrounding rocks in case you don't wanna get mauled by Thylacoleos.
Stay crouch when attacking the hive and attempting the tame. Drones have a harder time hitting you
Where are bees found in mobile ive looked everywhere and can’t find them
Bro, I can't find the Hive, and I've looked everywhere. (Map Game: Ark Crystal Isles)
You will know which hive has a queen if you hear this buzzy sound “oh no/uh oh” coming from the hive. If you are on Valguero, I suggest either breaking all hives in the Aberration cave or in single player using infinite stats and players only when close. Why for that location? Hives have a habit there of spawning 1-30 hive in a single spot.
Bees are chill just like in real life even if you go in the hive,don’t hit ANYTHING or your dead
How are you supposed to find them?!?
I broke almost every beehive in the redwoods and still haven’t found a single one!
Why are all the bees gone ;(
Are these on mobile because I can’t find them
These guys are Farley easy to kill but I would recommend letting his queen build another hive so you can farm honey
I am unsure but i have been finding them here in south zone definitely didn’t get spawned killed 🫡