Honey Cultivation: Essential Guide for Stardew Valley Players

This Stardew Valley guide focuses on honey production, a profitable yet often overlooked artisan good. This guide is updated for version 1.6.

Bee House Construction

Honey is produced by bees housed in Bee Houses. The recipe unlocks at Farming Level 3, requiring:

• 40 Wood
• 8 Coal
• 1 Iron Bar
• 1 Maple Syrup

Bee Houses can also be obtained from the Fall Crops Bundle (Community Center) or the Mayor's Prize Counter.

Place Bee Houses outdoors (farm, forest, quarry). They produce honey every 3-4 days (all seasons except winter; year-round on Ginger Island). Harvesting honey with an axe or pickaxe will drop the honey. Bee Houses in the Greenhouse do not produce honey.

Flowers and Honey Types

Without flowers within five tiles, Bee Houses produce Wild Honey (100g, 140g with Artisan profession). Nearby flowers (including those in Garden Pots) change the honey type and value:

Harvesting nearby flowers before honey collection reverts the honey to Wild Honey. Wild Seeds don't affect honey type.

Honey Uses

Higher-value honeys are best sold directly. Wild Honey and cheaper varieties can be used for crafting or gifting.

Mead Production:

Honey in a Keg produces Mead:

• Normal: 200g (280g with Artisan)
• Silver: 250g (350g)
• Gold: 300g (420g)
• Iridium: 400g (560g)

Honey type doesn't affect Mead quality or price; use Wild Honey for maximum profit.

Crafting:

Honey (with Hardwood and Fiber) crafts a Warp Totem: Farm (Farming Level 8).

Gifting:

Honey is a Liked gift for most villagers (except Maru and Sebastian). Mead is also a good gift (avoid Penny, Sebastian, and children).