Platinum Bees still bugged or is it just me??

[Verigen]

I've been trying for about two hours to breed the valuable bee. I've got the glittering queens and the ender drones, soulframes, and a spot out on the plains where they can live but so far all I get are ender/gold or gold/ender hybrids. I was reading that a name change a while back messed up some of the breeds. Is this still the case or am I doing something incorrectly?

 

[Zerren]

The only way I've found to get that mutation is to set up an alveary with 3-5 mutator blocks inside, and stuff them with uranium. The Valuable mutation is so ridiculously low it feels.

 

[Verigen]

Ah, so it's not bugged then, well that's good to know. I just didn't want to keep at it if there was no chance, a low chance I can live with.

 

[Neirin]

If you want to speed things up, a nether star in a mutator should guarantee a mutation.

 

[Cipher]

as zerren said, 5 mutators with 1 iridium in it each is much cheaper/less of a hassle to get your 100% (assuming you have a bunch of diamonds)

Cipher

 

[Entropy]

Valuable bees have a mutation rate of around 1%, so you'll need mutators to get it in a reasonable amount of time.