I am looking for someone to explain to me how to do Forestry bee and tree breeding. As many of the little details as possible. If someone can do it with pictures that would be great.
Forestry Breeding Help?
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I would recommend watchng Florastar's Bee University (playlist). The video may be a few years old but the mechanics are still the same with todays packs.
I agree with Middleclaw, with one exception: There are now two types of bee Princesses: Pristine, and Ignoble. Pristine's will live and reproduce forever. Ignoble bees will die out after a few generations. As long as you don't use them as a basis for breeding higher tiers, there's nothing wrong with Ignobles to produce things, just be aware you'll lose them after a while.
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HazeDaBeater
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When I last played Forestry, The bee house will allow you to keep ignobles virtually indefinatly but the clevats are you must restock the bee house manually as they cannot be automated (by design) and they do not allow cross breeding. The plus side is that the bees lifespan is trippled.
Celestialphoenix
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I think the bee house also has a much higher output than the apairy, so it might be useful if you want a few honeycombs on the quick.
As for tree breeding, butterflies can also breed trees- so it might be worth building a large greenhouse to contain them.
Theres a neat mod called Bee Better at Bees which provides a breeding tree/graphic for NEI. (sadly 1.7 only)
Finally- heres and old post of mine where I explain a good chunk of it
As for tree breeding, butterflies can also breed trees- so it might be worth building a large greenhouse to contain them.
Theres a neat mod called Bee Better at Bees which provides a breeding tree/graphic for NEI. (sadly 1.7 only)
Finally- heres and old post of mine where I explain a good chunk of it
"A few" being over a hundred on average. Ignobles are under-rated
Not to mention, I would do all of my breeding with the ignobles. Then transfer the traits I need to pristines for production. Most people shy from the ignobles. To me it doesn't really make a difference as long as they are kept out of my production hives.
Trigger I didn't even notice it was your inquiry. Feel free to follow up with more questions; I've done bees a bunch of times for various purposes.Thanks Guys, you have been a great help
