Bee Swarm Simulator Bees: Types, Stats, and Roles
Bee Swarm Simulator has many bee types, each with different stats, abilities, and strengths; there is no single “best” bee for every hive. A bee’s level, gifted status, color, and role all affect how useful it is, so the list below explains the main stats and how to compare bees without treating changing game values as permanent.
What the bee stats mean
Bee stats describe how a bee contributes while it works in your hive. The important figures shown in-game can include its gathering, conversion, attack, movement speed, energy, and ability-related values. Exact numbers and displayed details can change with updates, levels, gifted bonuses, mutations, and other effects, so check a bee’s current information in the game rather than relying on a static number copied from an old guide.
- Gather: How much pollen a bee collects when it works a field. Gathering is only one part of total pollen production; ability tokens and field bonuses also matter.
- Convert: How much pollen the bee converts to honey when working at the hive. Conversion matters most when your bag fills quickly or you spend a lot of time returning to the hive.
- Attack: The bee’s contribution to fighting mobs and bosses. A high-attack bee can help, but combat also depends on bee level and the enemy’s level.
- Energy and speed: These affect how long and how quickly the bee can work. They can influence uptime, but do not by themselves determine a bee’s overall value.
- Abilities: Tokens can provide effects such as pollen, conversion, haste, marks, or other bonuses. A bee’s ability may be more valuable than its ordinary gathering stat.
A bee’s level is especially important: leveling improves its contribution, while gifted bees gain an additional gifted ability or hive bonus. Those bonuses are not interchangeable across bee types, and a gifted bee is not automatically the right choice for every hive plan.
Bee types and their roles
The collection includes basic and higher-rarity bees, as well as event bees. Rarity is a useful shorthand for progression, but it does not rank bees from universally worst to universally best. A lower-rarity bee may be useful because it is easy to obtain or supplies a token your hive needs, while a rare bee may be less helpful if its abilities do not fit your current setup.
- Basic bees: Early-game workers that help build a first hive. Their straightforward contributions are useful while you unlock fields, gear, and more hive slots.
- Rare and epic bees: Often provide more specialized abilities or stronger contributions than basic bees. Their value depends on what your hive is missing, such as collection, conversion, or combat support.
- Legendary and mythic bees: More specialized additions that can have powerful abilities. They can be valuable, but their rarity alone does not guarantee the best results for a particular field or strategy.
- Event bees: Special bees obtained through event-related game systems. Their abilities and bonuses can fill distinctive roles, and availability may differ from ordinary egg-based bees.
The game’s bee roster is large and can change as updates add or adjust content. For that reason, a supposedly complete list with fixed stats can become inaccurate. Use the in-game bee index or bee information panel to confirm the current roster, names, abilities, and displayed values. When comparing two bees, compare them at the same level and account for gifted status and other modifiers.
How to choose bees for a hive
Choose bees to solve a specific problem rather than simply collecting the highest rarity. If you often fill your backpack but lose time converting, consider whether your hive has enough conversion support. If you struggle to defeat enemies, review attack and survivability as well as bee level. If you are focusing on one color or field, favor abilities and bonuses that support that plan.
- Set a goal. Decide whether you want faster pollen collection, better conversion, combat help, or a color-focused hive.
- Check the ability. Read what the bee’s token or passive bonus actually does. A token can help the whole hive or affect a particular kind of activity.
- Compare practical stats. Look at gathering, conversion, attack, energy, and speed together; do not use one number as a complete ranking.
- Account for your stage. A bee that is useful early may be replaced later, while a specialized bee may become more valuable after you have the fields, gear, or companions that support its role.
- Test changes gradually. Replace one or a few bees at a time and compare results under similar field, boost, and equipment conditions.
For example, a hive that returns to the hive repeatedly may benefit more from improved conversion than from adding another bee with strong field gathering. A hive built around a particular color may value relevant color bonuses, but still needs enough general support to function. This is why tier lists are best treated as starting points, not instructions to copy a whole hive.
Gifted bees, levels, and mutations
“Gifted” and “high level” describe different things. Level reflects a bee’s progression; gifted status adds a special bonus associated with that bee. A gifted bonus can benefit the hive even when the bee is not doing the most gathering itself. If you have duplicates, the decision to keep or replace one depends on whether its abilities, gifted contribution, and role are still useful.
Mutations and other modifiers can further change a bee’s displayed performance. These effects make a single universal stat table difficult to apply: two bees of the same type can perform differently if their levels or modifiers differ. When reading a guide, check whether its stats describe a base bee, a particular level, or a modified bee. Do not compare a boosted example with an unmodified one as though the conditions were equal.
Why bee stat lists can disagree
Players may find different figures on different pages because the game changes, values may be recorded at different levels, and bonuses can affect what is displayed. Some guides report base stats while others discuss real-world performance in a hive. “Best bee” lists also use different goals: honey production, combat, a certain color, or accessibility to newer players.
To check a claim, identify the bee’s level, gifted status, and any mutation or active bonus, then confirm the ability and current stats in-game. For performance comparisons, keep the field, boosts, equipment, and hive conditions as similar as possible. A short test under controlled conditions is more informative than comparing unrelated screenshots or old ranking lists.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many bees are in Bee Swarm Simulator?
The roster can change as the game is updated, and counts can depend on what a source includes. Check the current in-game bee index for the authoritative list available in your version.
What is the best bee in Bee Swarm Simulator?
There is no universal best bee. The strongest choice depends on your goal, hive composition, level, gifted status, and whether you prioritize pollen, honey conversion, combat, or a particular color.
Where can I see a bee’s stats?
Inspect the bee and its information in-game, or use the game’s bee index. Check the level and any modifiers shown, since those can change the numbers and bonuses.
Are gifted bees always better?
Gifted bees provide an additional bonus, but usefulness still depends on the bee’s role and your hive. A gifted bee can be valuable for its hive bonus even if another bee gathers more in a specific situation.
Do bee stats increase when a bee levels up?
Leveling improves a bee’s performance, but the exact changes depend on the stat and current game rules. Compare bees at equal levels when judging their base strengths.
Should I follow a bee tier list?
Use one as a reference, not a fixed build. Tier lists may be outdated or aimed at a different stage, color focus, or goal; check current in-game details and fit bees to your own hive.
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