Wild bees won't swarm

[FennecFyre]

Trying to figure out beekeeping for the first time. Found a wild hive that says there are 31 flowers nearby it, with a Large population. I put down a skep close by and waited, but it's not giving any indication or saying "will swarm in X" days. What am I doing wrong?

[RikeiR]

I am suffering from the same phenomenon.
They won't enter the beehive after two years in in-game time.

I've tried it in five places, but no.

Large beehive, large colony and 60 flowers...

[Thorfinn]

It usually takes a day or two to register, for some reason, then will give the message about less than a day. I've seen it take into June, when I spent the entire time close enough to be loaded. I kind of wonder if maybe the nighttime temperature dropped below the minimum or something that stalled it out.

Just spend the time making charcoal pits. You are going to need it. 

[EDIT]

Two years is crazy. Is that straight vanilla or do you have some potential mod interference? Have you been staying close enough so the block doesn't get unloaded?

Oh, and while I'm thinking about it, I'm not convinced the Wiki is still correct. The distance flowers can be from the hive is different, but I think the number reported by Block Info is what is used in calculating production time. However I think the skep must now be much closer. Someone reported 3, someone else reported success at a distance of 4, but keep it as close as you reasonably can.

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Edited September 28, 2023 by Thorfinn

[Jack Mackey]

Distance can definitely be more than 4. My latest world I got my bees from a tall tree, don't know exact height but it was sizable. Probably closer to 8.

[Thorfinn]

I don't know. They only see flowers 5 Z below the hive. But you say they will swarm to a skep further than that? I've never tried that. Not sure what circumstances that would be useful, even.