ModularBees guide for All the Mods 10 5.0

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What is ModularBees?

2 parts

ModularBees takes bee production and turns it into big, upgradeable multiblock machines. There are two main builds: the Modular Beehive, which houses your bees and makes combs and honey, and the Modular Centrifuge, which processes those combs. Each one is a structure run by a core block. You swap its structure boxes for functional parts to make it better.[1][2]

The Modular Beehive is a 3x3x3 cube. It has a built-in simulate upgrade, so your bees never leave the hive. To save performance, bees inside it won't breed or do in-world transformation recipes. In exchange, they produce combs and honey at incredible speed once you add upgrades. That makes this mod a great fit if you run a lot of bees and want your base to stay lag-friendly.[1]

Beehive parts

  • The Modular Alveary is where your bees actually live, because the core can't hold bees. Each Alveary holds 5 bees, and you move bees in and out by right-clicking it with bee cages.[3]
  • The Modular Feeder holds 9 types of flowers, and bees in the hive only look for flowers there. For bees that need a fluid flower, you can put in a bucket or tank of that fluid.[4]
  • The Beehive Overclocker uses energy and an Electrode to speed up production, and the Beehive Treater feeds your bees extra food so they make more combs. For both parts, boosts from multiple copies add together.[5][6]
  • The Beehive Export Hatch automatically sends products and honey to the chest or tank it faces.[7]
  • The Modular Dragon Hive is a special hive that collects dragon breath from draconic bees.[8]

The Modular Centrifuge

The centrifuge is a 3x3x3 structure with four corners at the bottom layer. It supports all centrifuge upgrades and has the same 15s base process time as the basic centrifuge. You can add Import and Export Hatches for automation. A Gearbox raises parallel processing but uses wax. A Heater lets it process comb blocks and makes it work 3 times faster, but it needs power, and it destroys all wax.[2][9][10][11][12]

Watch out: Neither the Modular Beehive nor the Modular Centrifuge allows shared blocks, so give each multiblock its own space.[1][2]

Unverified The in-game guide doesn't explain where ModularBees fits in the pack's progression or which base bee mod it builds on. It is not part of the ATM Star path, and no quests in this pack use it.

How do you get started with ModularBees?

7 parts

The heart of this mod is the Modular Beehive, a 3x3x3 cube multiblock controlled by the Modular Beehive. It has a built-in simulate upgrade, so your bees never fly out of the hive. Instead of breeding or doing in-world transformations, they focus on producing combs and honey, and with upgrades they do it at incredible speed.[1]

This pack adds its own recipes for the core beehive pieces, so use the recipe blocks below instead of what you remember from other setups.[13]

Step 1: Scented Planks and Structure Boxes

Everything starts with the Scented Plank. You need it for the Beehive Structure Box, which is the basic building block of the hive's cube. You also need it directly for the core itself. Make plenty of Structure Boxes, because they also go into the Alveary, Feeder, Beehive Export Hatch, Beehive Treater, Beehive Overclocker and Modular Dragon Hive recipes.[1][13]

4× Scented PlankAdded by the pack

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any allthemodium nuggetHoney Blockany allthemodium nugget
any plankany plankany plank
any allthemodium nuggetHoney Blockany allthemodium nugget

Recipe id: allthemods:modularbees/scented_plank

Beehive Structure BoxAdded by the pack

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Scented PlankScented PlankScented Plank
Scented Plankany vibranium ingotScented Plank
Scented PlankScented PlankScented Plank

Recipe id: allthemods:modularbees/modular_beehive_part

Step 2: The Modular Beehive core

The Modular Beehive is the controller of the whole multiblock. It can't hold any bees on its own, so you'll need the parts from the next steps before it does anything useful.[1][3]

Modular BeehiveAdded by the pack

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Scented PlankUpgrade Productivity 4Scented Plank
any unobtainium ingotIron Barsany unobtainium ingot
Scented PlankUpgrade AdultScented Plank

Recipe id: allthemods:modularbees/modular_beehive_core

Step 3: Alvearies to house your bees

Your bees live in the Modular Alveary. Every Alveary holds 5 bees. To put bees in or take them out, you right-click the Alveary with bee cages.[3]

Modular AlvearyAdded by the pack

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any expansion boxeBeehive Structure Boxany expansion boxe
Beehive Structure Boxany vibranium nuggetBeehive Structure Box
any expansion boxeBeehive Structure Boxany expansion boxe

Recipe id: allthemods:modularbees/modular_beehive_alveary

Step 4: A Feeder for flowers

Bees in a Modular Beehive only look for flowers in the Modular Feeder. It holds 9 types of flowers. If a bee needs a fluid flower, you put in a bucket or tank that contains that fluid.[4]

Modular FeederAdded by the pack

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Empty slotBeehive Structure BoxEmpty slot
Beehive Structure BoxFeeding SlabBeehive Structure Box
Empty slotBeehive Structure BoxEmpty slot

Recipe id: allthemods:modularbees/modular_beehive_feeder

Step 5: An Export Hatch for automation

The Beehive Export Hatch acts as a proxy of the core for logistics. It automatically sends products and honey into the chest or tank it faces.[7]

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Piston or Sticky PistonBeehive Structure BoxPiston or Sticky Piston
Empty slotHopperEmpty slot

Recipe id: modularbees:modular_export

Putting it together

  1. Build a 3x3x3 cube with the Modular Beehive as its controller and Beehive Structure Box blocks for the rest of the structure.[1]
  2. Swap Structure Boxes for functional parts: replace any Structure Box with an Alveary, a Feeder or an Export Hatch.[1]
  3. Load your bees into the Alvearies with bee cages and fill the Feeder with the flowers they need.[3][4]
Watch out: A Modular Beehive doesn't allow shared blocks, so each hive needs its own set of parts. Bees also won't breed inside it, so do your breeding somewhere else.[1]

Next up: processing combs

Once combs start flowing, you can build the Modular Centrifuge. It's a 3x3x3 multiblock with four corners at the bottom layer, controlled by the Modular Centrifuge. Its base process time is 15s, the same as a basic centrifuge. To feed it combs automatically, add a Centrifuge Import Hatch, which pulls combs from the chest or tank it faces.[2][12]

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any netherite ingotUpgrade Entity Filterany netherite ingot
any wax storage blockCentrifugeany wax storage block
any netherite ingotInactive Dragon Eggany netherite ingot

Recipe id: modularbees:modular_centrifuge_core

Tip: When you want more speed later, the Beehive Overclocker runs on energy and an Electrode. The Electrode line in this pack starts with the Copper Electrode.[5][13]

How does ModularBees work?

7 parts

ModularBees gives you two big multiblocks: the Modular Beehive for making combs and honey, and the Modular Centrifuge for processing combs. Each one is a 3x3x3 build with a controller block. You make it better by swapping plain structure blocks for functional parts, so the upgrades are part of the structure itself.[1][2]

The Modular Beehive

The Modular Beehive is the controller of a 3x3x3 cube. Any Beehive Structure Box in that cube can be replaced with a functional part to improve the hive. Modular multiblocks don't allow shared blocks, so each hive needs its own set of parts.[1]

The hive has a built-in simulate upgrade, so your bees never fly out. To save performance, bees inside won't breed or do in-world transformation recipes. They just make combs and honey, and with upgrades they do it at incredible speed.[1]

Watch out: Don't build a Modular Beehive to breed bees or run in-world bee transformations. It deliberately does neither, so keep a separate setup for that.[1]

In this pack, the core Modular Beehive pieces use the pack's own recipes rather than the mod's. That includes the controller, the Beehive Structure Box, the Modular Alveary, the Modular Feeder, the Beehive Overclocker, the Scented Plank and all three electrodes listed below.[13]

Modular BeehiveAdded by the pack

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Scented PlankUpgrade Productivity 4Scented Plank
any unobtainium ingotIron Barsany unobtainium ingot
Scented PlankUpgrade AdultScented Plank

Recipe id: allthemods:modularbees/modular_beehive_core

Pack recipe for the controller

4× Scented PlankAdded by the pack

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any allthemodium nuggetHoney Blockany allthemodium nugget
any plankany plankany plank
any allthemodium nuggetHoney Blockany allthemodium nugget

Recipe id: allthemods:modularbees/scented_plank

Pack recipe

Beehive Structure BoxAdded by the pack

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Scented PlankScented PlankScented Plank
Scented Plankany vibranium ingotScented Plank
Scented PlankScented PlankScented Plank

Recipe id: allthemods:modularbees/modular_beehive_part

Pack recipe for the structure block

Beehive parts

  • Modular Alveary: the controller can't hold bees itself, so the Alveary is where your bees live. Each one holds 5 bees. You put bees in with bee cages, and you can right-click the Alveary with a bee cage to insert or extract them.[3]
  • Modular Feeder: bees in the hive only look for flowers here. It holds 9 types of flowers. If a bee needs a fluid flower, put in a bucket or tank that holds the right fluid.[4]
  • Beehive Export Hatch: a logistics proxy for the controller. It automatically sends products and honey into the chest or tank it faces.[7]
  • Beehive Overclocker: makes bees produce faster. It needs energy and an electrode, and better electrodes give a bigger speed boost.[5]
  • Beehive Treater: gives your bees extra food so they produce more combs. JEI shows the valid foods and their boosts.[6]
Modular AlvearyAdded by the pack

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any expansion boxeBeehive Structure Boxany expansion boxe
Beehive Structure Boxany vibranium nuggetBeehive Structure Box
any expansion boxeBeehive Structure Boxany expansion boxe

Recipe id: allthemods:modularbees/modular_beehive_alveary

Pack recipe

Modular FeederAdded by the pack

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Empty slotBeehive Structure BoxEmpty slot
Beehive Structure BoxFeeding SlabBeehive Structure Box
Empty slotBeehive Structure BoxEmpty slot

Recipe id: allthemods:modularbees/modular_beehive_feeder

Pack recipe

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Piston or Sticky PistonBeehive Structure BoxPiston or Sticky Piston
Empty slotHopperEmpty slot

Recipe id: modularbees:modular_export

Overclocking and treats

Speed boosts from several Beehive Overclockers add together. The in-game guide's example is two electrodes rated x5 each, which make your bees work x10 faster.[5]

Watch your electrodes in a full hive: the more bees you have, the more damage they take. The guide gives the damage formula as floor[(x/15+1)*(1.03^x)], where x is the number of bees in the hive.[5]

Beehive Treaters stack as well, since their production boosts add together. Unlike the Overclocker, a Treater only uses food when bees finish collecting nectar. Every bee needs to be fed, though, and the boost gets weaker if there isn't enough food for all of them. Leftovers are sent to the output inventory.[6]

Beehive OverclockerAdded by the pack

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Beehive Structure BoxIron BarsBeehive Structure Box
Iron BarsUpgrade Productivity 4Iron Bars
Beehive Structure BoxIron BarsBeehive Structure Box

Recipe id: allthemods:modularbees/modular_beehive_overclocker

Pack recipe

Beehive TreaterMod recipe

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Iron BarsIron BarsIron Bars
Glass BottleBeehive Structure BoxGlass Bottle
Iron Barsany chestIron Bars

Recipe id: modularbees:modular_treater

Unverified The mod adds a Royal Treat and an Ender Treat, but the sources don't confirm whether the Beehive Treater accepts them or what boost they give. Check JEI in-game before you rely on them. This site does hold All the Mods 10's own recipes, read from the pack itself: look the item up in the item browser.

Royal TreatMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: modularbees:royal_treat

Ender TreatMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: modularbees:ender_treat

Electrodes

Both kinds of overclocker run on electrodes. There are four tiers, and each electrode's tooltip (or JEI) shows how big a speed boost it gives. In this pack, the Copper, Iron and Gold Electrodes use pack-specific recipes, and each tier is crafted from the one below it.[5][13][14]

Copper ElectrodeAdded by the pack

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Empty slotany netherite ingotany gold storage block
Empty slotany copper storage blockany netherite ingot
any copper ingotEmpty slotEmpty slot

Recipe id: allthemods:modularbees/electrode_copper

Pack recipe

Iron ElectrodeAdded by the pack

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Empty slotCopper Electrodeany gold storage block
Empty slotany iron storage blockCopper Electrode
any iron ingotEmpty slotEmpty slot

Recipe id: allthemods:modularbees/electrode_iron

Pack recipe

Gold ElectrodeAdded by the pack

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Empty slotIron Electrodeany gold storage block
Empty slotany gold storage blockIron Electrode
any gold ingotEmpty slotEmpty slot

Recipe id: allthemods:modularbees/electrode_gold

Pack recipe

The Modular Centrifuge

The Modular Centrifuge is the controller of the Modular Centrifuge. The guide describes it as a 3x3x3 structure and mentions the four corners of the bottom layer, so check the in-game preview for the exact shape. Like the hive, it doesn't allow shared blocks, and you upgrade it by swapping structure blocks for functional parts.[2]

The centrifuge supports all centrifuge upgrades. Speed upgrades shorten the process time, and productivity upgrades increase parallel processing. Its base process time matches the basic centrifuge at 15s.[2]

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any netherite ingotUpgrade Entity Filterany netherite ingot
any wax storage blockCentrifugeany wax storage block
any netherite ingotInactive Dragon Eggany netherite ingot

Recipe id: modularbees:modular_centrifuge_core

Centrifuge parts

  • Centrifuge Import Hatch: an input buffer that automatically pulls combs from the chest or tank it faces. The centrifuge uses its inventory directly as input.[12]
  • Centrifuge Export Hatch: a logistics proxy for the controller. It automatically sends items and fluids into the chest or tank it faces.[9]
  • Centrifuge Gearbox: adds 1.5 to parallel and needs 40 wax every work cycle. Parallel boosts from several gearboxes add together.[10]
  • Centrifuge Heater: makes the centrifuge work like a Heated Centrifuge, so it can process comb blocks and destroys all wax. It needs power and makes the centrifuge work 3 times faster. You can install only one per centrifuge.[11]
  • Centrifuge Overclocker: needs energy and an electrode to speed up the centrifuge, and boosts from several overclockers add together. Here the electrode loses 1 durability every work tick, no matter how busy the machine is.[15]
Watch out: Once a Heater is installed, the centrifuge only runs while the Heater has power. If power drops, the whole centrifuge stops.[11]
Tip: The Heater destroys all wax and the Gearbox needs wax to run, so think before combining them. The wax that feeds your gearboxes has to come from somewhere else.[10][11]

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Piston or Sticky PistonCentrifuge Structure WallPiston or Sticky Piston
Empty slotany chestEmpty slot

Recipe id: modularbees:modular_centrifuge_import

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Piston or Sticky PistonCentrifuge Structure WallPiston or Sticky Piston
Empty slotHopperEmpty slot

Recipe id: modularbees:modular_centrifuge_export

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GrindstoneComparatorGrindstone
any chainCentrifuge Structure Wallany chain
Grindstoneany chestGrindstone

Recipe id: modularbees:modular_centrifuge_gearbox

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any netherite ingotHeated Centrifugeany netherite ingot
any netherite ingotCentrifuge Structure Wallany netherite ingot
any netherite ingotUpgrade Blockany netherite ingot

Recipe id: modularbees:modular_centrifuge_heater

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Iron BarsClockIron Bars
RepeaterCentrifuge Structure WallRepeater
Iron BarsComparatorIron Bars

Recipe id: modularbees:modular_centrifuge_overclocker

Modular Dragon Hive

The Modular Dragon Hive is a special hive that collects dragon breath from draconic bees. The mod also lets you fill a Dragon Breath Bucket with a shapeless crafting recipe.[8][13]

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: modularbees:modular_dragon_hive

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: modularbees:fill_dragon_breath_bucket

How do you progress through ModularBees?

6 parts

ModularBees is built around the Modular Beehive, which produces combs and honey, and the Modular Centrifuge, which processes them. The beehive side uses the pack's own recipes, so expect it to cost more than in a lighter pack. The centrifuge side keeps the mod's original recipes.[1][2][13]

Tier 1: the Modular Beehive

The Modular Beehive is the controller of a 3x3x3 cube. Every other position is a Beehive Structure Box, and you can swap any of those boxes for a functional part. The beehive doesn't allow shared blocks, so each hive needs its own structure.[1]

  1. Craft a Scented Plank. This pack added this recipe.[13]
  2. Turn Scented Planks into a Beehive Structure Box. This is also one of the pack's own recipes, and you'll need a lot of these boxes.[1][13]
  3. Craft the Modular Beehive, which also uses a recipe added by this pack.[13]
4× Scented PlankAdded by the pack

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any allthemodium nuggetHoney Blockany allthemodium nugget
any plankany plankany plank
any allthemodium nuggetHoney Blockany allthemodium nugget

Recipe id: allthemods:modularbees/scented_plank

Beehive Structure BoxAdded by the pack

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Scented PlankScented PlankScented Plank
Scented Plankany vibranium ingotScented Plank
Scented PlankScented PlankScented Plank

Recipe id: allthemods:modularbees/modular_beehive_part

Modular BeehiveAdded by the pack

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Scented PlankUpgrade Productivity 4Scented Plank
any unobtainium ingotIron Barsany unobtainium ingot
Scented PlankUpgrade AdultScented Plank

Recipe id: allthemods:modularbees/modular_beehive_core

The hive has a built-in simulate upgrade, so bees won't come out of the hive. Bees inside won't breed or do in-world transformation recipes. Instead they produce combs and honey very quickly once you add upgrades.[1]

Making the hive work

  • Modular Alveary: the core can't hold bees itself, so you need Alvearies. Each one holds 5 bees. Right-click it with bee cages to put bees in or take them out. This pack added the recipe.[3][13]
  • Modular Feeder: bees in the hive only look for flowers in the Feeder, which holds 9 types of flowers. For fluid flowers, put in a bucket or tank of that fluid. This pack added the recipe.[4][13]
  • Beehive Export Hatch: sends products and honey to the chest or tank it faces.[7]
Modular AlvearyAdded by the pack

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any expansion boxeBeehive Structure Boxany expansion boxe
Beehive Structure Boxany vibranium nuggetBeehive Structure Box
any expansion boxeBeehive Structure Boxany expansion boxe

Recipe id: allthemods:modularbees/modular_beehive_alveary

Modular FeederAdded by the pack

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Empty slotBeehive Structure BoxEmpty slot
Beehive Structure BoxFeeding SlabBeehive Structure Box
Empty slotBeehive Structure BoxEmpty slot

Recipe id: allthemods:modularbees/modular_beehive_feeder

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Piston or Sticky PistonBeehive Structure BoxPiston or Sticky Piston
Empty slotHopperEmpty slot

Recipe id: modularbees:modular_export

Overclockers and electrodes

The Beehive Overclocker makes bees work faster. It needs energy and an electrode, and better electrodes give a bigger boost. Boosts from several overclockers add together, so two Netherite Electrodes (x5 each) make bees work x10 faster. This pack added the overclocker recipe.[5][13]

Beehive OverclockerAdded by the pack

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Beehive Structure BoxIron BarsBeehive Structure Box
Iron BarsUpgrade Productivity 4Iron Bars
Beehive Structure BoxIron BarsBeehive Structure Box

Recipe id: allthemods:modularbees/modular_beehive_overclocker

There are four electrode tiers: Copper Electrode, Iron Electrode, Gold Electrode and Netherite Electrode. The pack added the copper, iron and gold recipes, and it changed the Netherite Electrode recipe. Check JEI or the tooltip for each tier's boost.[5][13]

Copper ElectrodeAdded by the pack

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Empty slotany netherite ingotany gold storage block
Empty slotany copper storage blockany netherite ingot
any copper ingotEmpty slotEmpty slot

Recipe id: allthemods:modularbees/electrode_copper

Iron ElectrodeAdded by the pack

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Empty slotCopper Electrodeany gold storage block
Empty slotany iron storage blockCopper Electrode
any iron ingotEmpty slotEmpty slot

Recipe id: allthemods:modularbees/electrode_iron

Gold ElectrodeAdded by the pack

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Empty slotIron Electrodeany gold storage block
Empty slotany gold storage blockIron Electrode
any gold ingotEmpty slotEmpty slot

Recipe id: allthemods:modularbees/electrode_gold

Netherite ElectrodeChanged by the pack

Smithing Transform

Recipe id: modularbees:electrode_netherite

Watch out: Electrodes in a beehive overclocker take more damage the more bees the hive holds. The damage formula is floor[(x/15+1)*(1.03^x)], where x is the number of bees.[5]

The Treater

The Beehive Treater gives bees extra food so they produce more combs, and boosts from several treaters add together. It only uses food when bees finish collecting nectar, but every bee needs a food supply, and the boost gets weaker if the food can't feed every bee. Leftovers go to the output inventory. Check JEI for valid foods and their boosts.[6]

Beehive TreaterMod recipe

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Iron BarsIron BarsIron Bars
Glass BottleBeehive Structure BoxGlass Bottle
Iron Barsany chestIron Bars

Recipe id: modularbees:modular_treater

The mod also adds a set of treats: Honey Jelly, which comes out of a centrifuge, plus the Royal Treat, the Ender Treat and the Soul Treat. The recipes below show what each one takes.[13]

Honey JellyMod recipe

Centrifuge (productivebees)

Recipe id: modularbees:centrifuge/honey_jelly

Royal TreatMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: modularbees:royal_treat

Ender TreatMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: modularbees:ender_treat

Soul TreatMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: modularbees:soul_treat

Tier 3: the Modular Centrifuge

The Modular Centrifuge controls a 3x3x3 multiblock with four corners on the bottom layer. The rest of the shell is Centrifuge Structure Wall, which you can swap for functional parts. Shared blocks aren't allowed. The base process time is 15s, the same as a basic centrifuge. It supports all centrifuge upgrades: speed upgrades shorten processing time and productivity upgrades increase parallel. The pack keeps the mod's own recipes for this whole tier.[2][13]

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any netherite ingotUpgrade Entity Filterany netherite ingot
any wax storage blockCentrifugeany wax storage block
any netherite ingotInactive Dragon Eggany netherite ingot

Recipe id: modularbees:modular_centrifuge_core

  • Centrifuge Import Hatch: pulls combs from the chest or tank it faces. The centrifuge can also use its inventory as input directly.[12]
  • Centrifuge Export Hatch: sends items and fluids to the chest or tank it faces.[9]
  • Centrifuge Gearbox: increases parallel by 1.5 and uses 40 wax every work cycle. Boosts from several gearboxes add together.[10]
  • Centrifuge Heater: makes the centrifuge work like a Heated Centrifuge, which processes comb blocks and destroys all wax, and makes it work 3 times faster. You can only install one per centrifuge. Once a heater is installed, the centrifuge only runs while the heater is powered.[11]
  • Centrifuge Overclocker: uses energy and an electrode, and boosts from several overclockers add together. Here, electrodes always lose 1 durability every work tick.[15]

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Piston or Sticky PistonCentrifuge Structure WallPiston or Sticky Piston
Empty slotany chestEmpty slot

Recipe id: modularbees:modular_centrifuge_import

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Piston or Sticky PistonCentrifuge Structure WallPiston or Sticky Piston
Empty slotHopperEmpty slot

Recipe id: modularbees:modular_centrifuge_export

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GrindstoneComparatorGrindstone
any chainCentrifuge Structure Wallany chain
Grindstoneany chestGrindstone

Recipe id: modularbees:modular_centrifuge_gearbox

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any netherite ingotHeated Centrifugeany netherite ingot
any netherite ingotCentrifuge Structure Wallany netherite ingot
any netherite ingotUpgrade Blockany netherite ingot

Recipe id: modularbees:modular_centrifuge_heater

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Iron BarsClockIron Bars
RepeaterCentrifuge Structure WallRepeater
Iron BarsComparatorIron Bars

Recipe id: modularbees:modular_centrifuge_overclocker

Side branch: the Dragon Hive

The Modular Dragon Hive is a special hive that collects dragon breath from draconic bees. The mod also has a recipe for filling a Dragon Breath Bucket.[8][13]

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: modularbees:modular_dragon_hive

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: modularbees:fill_dragon_breath_bucket

How does ModularBees work with other mods?

4 parts

ModularBees is built right on top of Productive Bees, and in this pack that connection shows up in almost every recipe. Its multiblock hives and centrifuges are crafted from Productive Bees machines and ProductiveLib upgrade items. The pack also adds its own recipes for three key ModularBees blocks and changes one more, so the recipes below are the ones you'll actually use here.[13]

The Modular Beehive and its parts

The Modular Beehive controls a 3x3x3 multiblock hive. It has a built-in simulate upgrade, so bees never leave the hive, and it skips breeding and in-world transformations to focus on pumping out combs and honey. This pack adds its own crafting recipe for the core, which ties it to ProductiveLib upgrade items, so check the recipe below rather than any default you've seen elsewhere.[1][13]

Modular BeehiveAdded by the pack

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Scented PlankUpgrade Productivity 4Scented Plank
any unobtainium ingotIron Barsany unobtainium ingot
Scented PlankUpgrade AdultScented Plank

Recipe id: allthemods:modularbees/modular_beehive_core

Recipe added by the pack

Bees in a Modular Beehive only look for flowers in the Modular Feeder, which holds 9 types of flowers and can also take a bucket or tank for bees that need a fluid flower. The pack gives the feeder its own recipe that builds on a Productive Bees feeding block.[4][13]

Modular FeederAdded by the pack

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Empty slotBeehive Structure BoxEmpty slot
Beehive Structure BoxFeeding SlabBeehive Structure Box
Empty slotBeehive Structure BoxEmpty slot

Recipe id: allthemods:modularbees/modular_beehive_feeder

Recipe added by the pack

The Beehive Overclocker speeds up production using energy and an Electrode, and multiple overclockers stack additively. Its recipe is also added by the pack and uses a ProductiveLib productivity upgrade.[5][13]

Beehive OverclockerAdded by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Beehive Structure BoxIron BarsBeehive Structure Box
Iron BarsUpgrade Productivity 4Iron Bars
Beehive Structure BoxIron BarsBeehive Structure Box

Recipe id: allthemods:modularbees/modular_beehive_overclocker

Recipe added by the pack

The Modular Centrifuge

The Modular Centrifuge is crafted from a Productive Bees centrifuge, and it keeps the same base process time as the basic centrifuge (15s). It also supports all centrifuge upgrades: speed upgrades shorten the process time and productivity upgrades increase parallel processing. Its structure walls use Productive Bees drops too.[2][13]

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
any netherite ingotUpgrade Entity Filterany netherite ingot
any wax storage blockCentrifugeany wax storage block
any netherite ingotInactive Dragon Eggany netherite ingot

Recipe id: modularbees:modular_centrifuge_core

Want the Productive Bees heated centrifuge behaviour in your multiblock? The Centrifuge Heater is crafted from a Heated Centrifuge and makes the Modular Centrifuge process comb blocks and destroy all wax. It needs power and makes the centrifuge work 3 times faster. Only one Heater is allowed per centrifuge.[11][13]

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
any netherite ingotHeated Centrifugeany netherite ingot
any netherite ingotCentrifuge Structure Wallany netherite ingot
any netherite ingotUpgrade Blockany netherite ingot

Recipe id: modularbees:modular_centrifuge_heater

Watch out: Once a Heater is installed, the centrifuge only works while the Heater is powered, so keep its energy supply steady.[11]

Dragon Hive and treats

The Modular Dragon Hive is a special hive for collecting dragon breath from draconic bees, and it's crafted by upgrading Productive Bees' Dragon Egg Hive.[8][13]

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: modularbees:modular_dragon_hive

ModularBees also has its own bee treats. The Royal Treat builds on a Productive Bees Honey Treat, and the Ender Treat goes a step further with Productive Bees dragon materials.[13]

Royal TreatMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: modularbees:royal_treat

Ender TreatMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: modularbees:ender_treat

Unverified The sources don't confirm whether the Royal Treat or Ender Treat are valid foods for the Beehive Treater. Check JEI in-game, where the Treater's valid foods and their boosts are listed. This site does hold All the Mods 10's own recipes, read from the pack itself: look the item up in the item browser.

The guide book

The Book of Modular Bees is a Patchouli Guide Book, and this pack changes its recipe. Craft it early, because it covers every multiblock part mentioned here.[13][16]

Guide BookChanged by the pack

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: modularbees:guide

Recipe changed by the pack

What changed in ModularBees between versions?

1 part

ModularBees has been part of All the Mods 10 for several releases and has been updated a few times along the way. The pack changelogs show which version shipped in each release, but not what changed inside the mod itself.[17][18][19]

Release timeline

  • All the Mods 10 4.12: ModularBees was added to the pack at version 1.21.1-1.0-neoforge.[19]
  • All the Mods 10 4.13: ModularBees was updated from 1.21.1-1.0-neoforge to 1.21.1-1.4-neoforge.[18]
  • All the Mods 10 4.15: ModularBees jumped from 1.21.1-1.4-neoforge to 1.21.1-2.0-neoforge.[17]
  • All the Mods 10 5.0: The pack ships ModularBees 1.21.1-2.0-neoforge, the same version introduced in 4.15.[17][20]
Tip: The move from 1.4 to 2.0 in All the Mods 10 4.15 is the biggest version jump in this list. If you're coming back to an older world or following an older video, double-check recipes and mechanics in-game rather than assuming they still work the same way.[17]

Unverified The specific features, fixes or balance changes in each ModularBees update, including what the 2.0 release changed, could not be confirmed because the mod's own changelogs weren't available.

Sources

  1. In-game guide: Modular Beehive Core (modularbees) · official docs
  2. In-game guide: Modular Centrifuge Core (modularbees) · official docs
  3. In-game guide: Modular Alveary (modularbees) · official docs
  4. In-game guide: Modular Feeder (modularbees) · official docs
  5. In-game guide: Beehive Overclocker (modularbees) · official docs
  6. In-game guide: Beehive Treater (modularbees) · official docs
  7. In-game guide: Beehive Export Hatch (modularbees) · official docs
  8. In-game guide: Modular Dragon Hive (modularbees) · official docs
  9. In-game guide: Centrifuge Export Hatch (modularbees) · official docs
  10. In-game guide: Centrifuge Gearbox (modularbees) · official docs
  11. In-game guide: Centrifuge Heater (modularbees) · official docs
  12. In-game guide: Centrifuge Import Hatch (modularbees) · official docs
  13. All the Mods 10 5.0 recipe dump: recipes making ModularBees items · pack recipe dump
  14. modularbees tooltips and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
  15. In-game guide: Centrifuge Overclocker (modularbees) · official docs
  16. In-game guide: Book of Modular Bees (modularbees) · official docs
  17. All the Mods 10 changelog (All the Mods 10 4.15) · changelog
  18. All the Mods 10 changelog (All the Mods 10 4.13) · changelog
  19. All the Mods 10 changelog (All the Mods 10 4.12) · changelog
  20. All the Mods 10 5.0 mod list · pack file
Where this guide comes from

Written from what All the Mods 10 itself ships: its files and recipes, the in-game guidebooks and the mods' own pages. Every statement links to the source it came from, and the numbers are checked against the pack before publishing.

Guide last verified Oct 17, 2026.

Guides for other versions: 6.0 to 8.3 · 5.1 to 5.5 · 4.15 · 4.13 to 4.14 · 4.12

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