For late game Bee taming, use simple kibble on increased tame rate weekends or events. Use a Quetzal to fly up and peck the hives to break them and then follow on the Quetzal once the bee is free. You can jump up off the saddle and not fall and die, so even if you get stung, it’s not a death sentence. Follow the queen with the kibble in the far right hotbar slot and feed it. Then go up to her and she has a “obtain hive” button that turns her into a hive and she adds to your inventory as a structure. Now you can place the hive like a structure, but only on bare ground. I’ve tried every method out there, traps, cages, building around it, chasing it on foot, and all have failed, but using a Quetzal made the difference first time out with it.

How to tame a giant queen bee on the island

Items needed: rhynio, simple kibble/several raw prime meat, ghillie suit, bug repellant

1. Find a giant bee hive that has one or just a wild giant queen bee (skip to step 3 if you found one without a hive)

-You will know if a giant queen bee is nearby if you suddenly hear a screeching sound mixed with a squishing sound nearby that repeats every second or so

-Giant bee hives are found high up on redwood trees, they can also spawn on rock faces that are found below cliffs in certain areas. Some examples are the terrain near green ob and the footpaw plateau but there are some other areas

-If you go up to a giant bee hive and don't hear a buzzing sound then there is nothing inside it so you can just destroy it and get nothing

-They have 5000 health and take 65% less damage from firearms, but it counts as a thatch structure so certain creatures have damage multipliers on them

2. Destroy the hive with the giant queen bee

-Easiest way is to use a rhynio cuz they deal 10x damage to thatch structures, they can 1 shot regular giant bees, and they can fly so you don't have to build some weird stuff for your direbear to reach it

-If you are too close to the giant bee hive when you damage it, giant bees will chase you but if you are far away they wont chase you and you can freely damage the hive until its destroyed

3. Prevent the giant queen bee from flying to the stars

-They fly fairly slow but fast enough that if you lose sight of it for a few seconds you might have to spend a few minutes finding it again, they also hover in the sky infinitely like onycs

-Queen giant bees will begin spawning regular giant bees once a player or tame goes within a certain radius of it, they can do this infinitely but can only spawn a max of 10 regular giant bees, it also produces that same weird sound described above so use that to locate the queen giant bee if you lost it.

-They spawn at minimum level so they will most likely spawn at level 1, if your difficulty allows a max level of 150 they spawn at level 5.

-When a giant queen bee initially spawns it will fly in a straight line infinitely until it is aggroed in which it will actually get a brain and start descending to the ground then wander normally.

-You can aggro giant queen bees by eating a rare flower and waiting for the duration to end (this causes them to fly towards you but they can't physically harm you in any way as their only attack is spawning regular giant bees) or hitting them with a tranq arrow shot from a crossbow or using anything that doesnt kill them in one shot (This causes them to flee, also they usually have 80 health at level 1)

4. Sneak up to the queen giant bee and tame it

-If you are playing on singleplayer & mobile put raw prime meat in your last slot as singleplayer has 2.5x taming speed so it will tame instantly for levels 1-5 and even better you can spam it and it wont be as wasteful

-Otherwise put simple kibble in your last slot, as it will still tame instantly for levels 1-5

-If this is your first time then get ghillie armor and use bug repellant

-Run up to the giant queen bee really quickly, (pretty much hug it) wait for half of a second for the "feed [item] to tame" text to pop up, then press the food in your last slot and hope it tames instantly

-As with any other tip this is not 100% foolproof, you might have to try several times for it to work

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-You have to be really quick as you have less than 2 seconds before the regular giant bees get mad which then results in the queen giant bee refusing to be fed

-Regular giant bees have a really distinct aggro sound which sounds like 2 consecutive "angry" buzzes, if you hear that run away, then get on your rhynio and start spamming the right side of your screen until every bee that's chasing you is dead, if you get dismounted continue to spam the right side of your screen, as you will still mount the rhynio and attack. This is because the bees effect only checks every 2 seconds to see if you are on a mount then dismounts you if you are instead of preventing you from mounting.

-If you see the cyan text flash on the screen for a frame then it disappears due to the queen bee moving away from the center of your screen, then hug the giant queen bee again then press the food in your last slot anyway, this works if its within the 2 seconds described previously because ark will allow you to feed a passive tame creature if you are in a close radius of it even if you don't see the cyan text

Tips for taming a giant bee (Easily in 2022)

Quick and short method below;

• Tame a dire bear

• Create a walkway to the bee hive so you and your dire bear can reach the hive easily

• Use dire bear to break the bee hive so the queen bee can be out for the taming process

• Once the queen bee is out and ready to be tamed, make sure you have it’s preferred food to tame. (Queen bee is a passive tame which accepts Simple Kibble [Quantity of 1]

Rare Flowers [Quantity of 4-6] But keep in mind the queen bee won’t accept food if you’re visible to her. She must not know you’re around so you can feed her passively)

Long and detailed method below ;

> Depending on your map, you want to find a bee hive and make a trap around your hive you may want.

( Making a 2x2 trap that’s 1 wall high seems to be very effective, and don’t forget to add a roof to stop the swarming bees from entering and don’t forget to put a door inside the trap for you to go in and out of it.)

> Once your trap is built you want to make sure you have ghillie armor crafted and worn. Using bug repellant while in the ghillie suit seems to be very effective.

> When you have gotten this far, you want to try and destroy the bee hive with anything you got. Whether it be your own fist, a melee weapon or a ranged weapon. Dino’s work as well. (Preferably though, ranged weapons would be best, especially if you have flame arrows.)

> Once the bee hive is broken you’ll notice there is a giant bee now inside your trap, here you want to use 2 things preferably. Either Simple Kibble or 4-6 rare flowers.

( Keep in mind this is a passive tame, and if you’re not able to feed the bee, it’s because the bee has noticed you.You want to make sure the bee you’re taming hasn’t noticed you so you can get the option to feed your food. Also make sure your taming food is in last slot of your hotbar)

> Once your bee is tamed, you’re now allowed to make giant bee honey freely !!!

••• Once your bee is tamed, you can use your queen bee to produce honey every 45 minutes with rare flowers. •••

~ Go to the queen bee’s options and hover over the nesting option. Should be the very top option. From here you want to place the bee hive on the floor of the game.

~ Pro tip; The Dire bear can stack honey in its inventory, and when collecting by hand from your bee hive, bees will still attack you every time you come to collect honey. To prevent this, it’s recommended to wear a ghillie suit.

There you go, hopefully you all enjoyed and benefitted this in some way or another, Take care :’)

~ Kaxpiez

On stacked hives you only destroy one hive from a distance IE hive that let's bees out then approach stacked hive after one is destroyed and look to see if queen. Is trapped under other stacked hives .

If queen fly away and come back quickly look at queen and smash E button with flowers in last slot boom 💥 tamed queen .

If more than one stuck queen fly back away and come back and smash that e button.

Clear the area first of harmful creatures as you need time to do this .

Sometimes when the hive is destroyed the queen will just fly in place. If you have a quetzal or a Tapejara you can fly up to it and passive tame it right there. I recommend bringing medical brew just so you don't have to worry about the drones. Make sure to feed your tame bug repellant as well.