Getting Bee wax from bees

[Nailroth]

Hey, i have been trying for the past 2 hours to get bee wax from bees but i can't get the beecomb to turn into bee wax from the bees i have had them in the apiary for almost 2 hours is this bugged or what am i doing wrong?

I have tropical bees in apiary in a jungle biome ferns and wines around the apiary but still nothing happens in the apiary

 

[SilvasRuin]

The Forestry Centrifuge is what extracts wax from the combs. It does require Buildcraft power to run.

 

[Nailroth]

i know and i have gotten one that way from the beecombs i found when i collected my bees but i can't get my bees to produce it thats the problem i have

 

[potter]

Does the apiary sparkle when your queen is in it? ( Do note that a princess and a drone make up a queen )
It should also poison you if you're too close to tropical ones.
Make sure the apiary has a clear view of the sky.

 

[Nailroth]

it sparkle but i don't get poisoned.

I just deleted all the tropical and went and got me some snow ones and set up in a taiga biome were i found all of them and we will see if this will work out.

How close do i need to have flowers? and what kind of flowers for the icy bees?

 

[potter]

The apiary usually tells you if whatever it needs isn't close enough.
Not sure if icy bees need anything, maybe just have snow close?
Also, the reason you're not getting beeswax from tropical is that silky combs don't produce beeswax.
Either go wintery as you're doing now, or modest/meadows/forest bees.
http://forestry.sengir.net/wiki/index.php?n=Category.Apiculture

 

[Nailroth]

wintery needed red/yellow flowers and they give me bee combs. i think tropical are bugged i spent 2 hours next to the apiary with tropical in jungle biome without getting anything didn't even lose health on the queen but now i have been at the apiary at the taiga for maybe 5 mins and my queens are almost dead.

 

[WTFFFS]

wintery needed red/yellow flowers and they give me bee combs. i think tropical are bugged i spent 2 hours next to the apiary with tropical in jungle biome without getting anything didn't even lose health on the queen but now i have been at the apiary at the taiga for maybe 5 mins and my queens are almost dead.

I f you spent that long at the apairy you had some variable stopping the queen from working, either no flowers(different types use different flowers)\rain\sky obscured or hostile environment, in a jungle biome it's quite likely it was sky obscured even that tree that is almost out of sight above you can stop the apiary working.

 

[Squigie]

Did you place frames in the apiary? Untreated and impregnated frames can be crafted, proven frames can be traded for with beekeeper villagers. Without frames an apiary will produce at a greatly reduced rate. Frames wear out and must be replaced by hand; they cannot be affected by pipes or other automation.

 

[potter]

Tropical bees work for me so they should work nonetheless. Your problem lies with what WTFFFS said.