Sweet Success: Nurture Honey Production in Stardew Valley

This Stardew Valley guide focuses on Honey production, a profitable artisan good often overlooked. 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). Hitting a Bee House with an axe or pickaxe moves it; ready honey drops. Bee Houses in the Greenhouse don't produce honey.

Flowers and Honey Types:

Nearby flowers (within five tiles, including Garden Pots) influence honey type and value. No flowers yield Wild Honey (100g, 140g with Artisan profession).

The Artisan profession (Farming Level 10) increases artisan good value by 40%.

Harvesting flowers before honey collection reverts the honey to Wild Honey.

Wild Seeds (Sweet Peas, Daffodils) produce Wild Honey.

Honey Uses:

Higher-value honeys are best sold directly. Wild Honey and cheaper varieties have other uses:

Mead: Place honey in a Keg to make Mead. Artisan profession applies. Aging in a Cask improves quality and value:

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

Honey type doesn't affect Mead value; use Wild Honey for maximum profit.

Crafting: Honey, Hardwood, and Fiber craft a Warp Totem: Farm (Farming Level 8).

Bundles: Honey completes the Community Center's Artisan Bundle and some Fish Pond quests.

Gifting: Honey is a Liked gift for most villagers (except Maru and Sebastian). Mead is also a good gift (avoid Penny, Sebastian, and children). Wild Honey is ideal for building friendships.

This comprehensive guide helps maximize honey production and profit in Stardew Valley.