Bee Swarm Simulator Beginner Guide: Bees, Gates and Honey
TL;DR: You start with a free Basic Egg, a Pouch and a Scooper. Collect pollen in the five starting fields, turn it into honey at your hive, and spend it on a Jar (650 honey), a Rake (800) and Basic Eggs (from 1,000). The first gate needs 5 bees; later gates need 10, 15, 20, 25 and 35. Talk to the bears for quests.
This Bee Swarm Simulator beginner guide covers your first hour: the free starter kit, how pollen becomes honey, what to buy first, and how many bees each gate needs. The game has been on Roblox since 2018, and the top beginner guides we found are years old. Every number below comes from Roblox's own data or the game's fan wiki, checked on October 12, 2026.
Key Takeaways
- Starter kit: a free Basic Egg, a Pouch (200 pollen) and a Scooper, per the fan wiki.
- The loop: bees collect pollen, you convert it into honey at your hive.
- First buys: Jar 650 honey, Rake 800 honey, Basic Egg from 1,000 honey.
- Gates: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 35 bees.
- Codes: none in the game description on October 12, 2026.
Overview: what Bee Swarm Simulator is
Bee Swarm Simulator is a Simulation game (Roblox lists the sub-genre as Incremental Simulator) made by an independent developer. Its Roblox page sums it up: "Grow your own swarm of bees, collect pollen, and make honey in Bee Swarm Simulator! Meet friendly bears, complete their quests and get rewards!" The game was created on March 21, 2018, had 4,602,829,260 visits on October 12, 2026, and was last updated on August 22, 2026. It was 42nd on Roblox's Top Playing Now chart with 29,569 players when ObbyDesk's tracker read it at 12:49 UTC that day. Servers hold 6 players.
Image: Bee Swarm Simulator on Roblox (official thumbnail)
The page also promises more as you grow: "As your hive grows larger and larger, you can explore further up the mountain. Use your bees to defeat dangerous bugs and monsters." That mountain is split by bee gates, which is why the number of bees you own matters more than anything else early on. For other long-running games on the chart, see our most played Roblox games right now.
Step by step: your first hour
- Claim a hive. The fan wiki says "There are 6 hives in a server", and you claim one by following a red arrow. A basic hive has 25 bee slots.
- Hatch your free egg. New players get a free Basic Egg, a Pouch and a Scooper. The Pouch "doesn't have a price as it is the first bag given to the player for free" and holds 200 pollen.
- Collect pollen. Start in Sunflower Field, one of the five starting fields with no mobs guarding it. A Basic Bee "Collects 10 pollen in 4 seconds", per the wiki.
- Make honey. When your bag is full, go back to your hive and convert. A Basic Bee "Makes 80 honey in 4 seconds" while converting, per the wiki.
- Talk to the bears. Black Bear's first quest is "Collect 100 pollen from the Sunflower Field!" Mother Bear, under the red-and-white-striped awning at the far end of Sunflower Field, teaches bee levels and treats. The wiki lists her third quest as paying 2,000 honey, 3 Treats and 2 Tickets.
Image: Bee Swarm Simulator on Roblox (official thumbnail)
What to buy first
The Noob Shop sits right next to Dandelion Field and "sells four bags, five tools", according to the fan wiki, with tools from free up to 14 thousand honey.
| Item | Where | Price (fan wiki) | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jar (bag) | Noob Shop | 650 honey | "the cheapest Bag that can be purchased in the Noob Shop", +750 capacity |
| Rake (tool) | Noob Shop | 800 honey | a step up from the free Scooper, sold in the same Noob Shop |
| Basic Egg | Basic Egg Shop, near Sunflower Field | from 1,000 honey | more bees, and more bees open gates |
| Treat | Treat Shop | 100 honey each | the easiest treat to get |
The Basic Egg price climbs as you buy: the wiki says it starts at 1,000 honey and caps at 10,000,000. Treats start at 100 honey and cap at 10,000 each. Tickets are bought with honey at the Ticket Shop, and "The price increases with every Ticket bought."
Image: Bee Swarm Simulator on Roblox (official icon)
Analysis: the bee gates and the first bugs
The fan wiki's Starter Zone is "the collection of places that do not need any bee prerequisites to access". After that, every new area sits behind a gate that counts your bees:
| Gate | Bees needed |
|---|---|
| Basic Bee Gate | 5 |
| Brave Bee Gate (10 Bee Gate) | 10 |
| Honey Bee Gate | 15 |
| Ant Gate (20 Bee Gate) | 20 |
| Lion Bee Gate (25 Bee Gate) | 25 |
| Windy Bee Gate (35 Bee Gate) | 35 |
That is why eggs come first. With 25 slots in a basic hive, the 35 Bee Gate is a long-term goal, not a first-day one.
Bugs. Ladybugs and Rhino Beetles are among the first mobs you meet. The wiki says both take 5 minutes to respawn after you beat them, and that a Rhino Beetle drops "about 75 Honey spread across 4 honey tokens". Ladybugs live in 2 of the 5 starting fields.
Royal Jelly. Royal Jelly changes a bee's type. The fan wiki lists one Royal Jelly at "250,000-1,000,000 Honey, 6 Tickets, or 45 Robux". You do not need it in your first hour.
Codes. The game description had no codes on October 12, 2026. The fan wiki says codes appear in the game, on the game's Roblox page and on the game's Discord server, and its newest dated code entry is from February 2026. We only list codes the developer publishes, so there is no codes table here.
Safety. Roblox labels Bee Swarm Simulator Minimal with "Violence (Occasional/Mild)", from your bees fighting bugs. Roblox's Parental Controls let a parent "set a monthly spending limit on how much money your child can spend on Roblox". If you want more games with small stores, see our Roblox games with few in-game purchases list.
What players are saying
The game still pulls players back. One returning player wrote in r/BeeSwarmSimulator: "I started playing this game again a month ago after occasionally logging in as a kid and would really appreciate some tips for how to better my hive" (Dec 22, 2025). Another post title asked: "5 days total worth of playtime has to be a good pace for diamond mask as a complete beginner right?" (r/BeeSwarmSimulator, Feb 8, 2026).
Our take
Based on Roblox's data and the fan wiki numbers above, the early game is simple: more bees open more of the mountain, and honey buys more bees. Spend your first honey on the Jar and Rake so each trip carries more pollen, then put the rest into Basic Eggs until the 5 and 10 bee gates open. Royal Jelly and Tickets can wait. Bee Swarm Simulator is a calm pick next to the chart's Halloween events; if you like slow collecting games, our Sol's RNG beginner guide covers another one.
How we checked this
We read the game's data, description, age label and chart position through a public mirror of Roblox's official APIs on October 12, 2026, and used ObbyDesk's reading of Roblox's Top Playing Now chart from 12:49 UTC that day. Prices, gates, quests and bug details come from the Bee Swarm Simulator fan wiki on Fandom, which is unofficial. Reddit posts were read through Reddit's public RSS feed. We did not play the game. All 34 sources are in our source file. Last reviewed October 12, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do you start with? A free Basic Egg, a Pouch and a Scooper, per the fan wiki.
How do you make honey? Collect pollen in a field and convert it at your hive.
How many bees for the first gate? 5 bees for the Basic Bee Gate.
What to buy first? The Jar (650 honey) and Rake (800 honey), then Basic Eggs.
Are there codes? None in the game description as of October 12, 2026.
Related Reading
- Roblox Games for Younger Kids: 11 Suitable for Everyone: more calm games from the chart with Roblox's age labels.
- Creative Roblox Games for Kids: 7 Picks to Build and Design: building and design games with their age labels.
- Pet Simulator 99 Halloween 2026: Blood Moon and Hatch Wars: another collecting game, with its October event.
References
- Bee Swarm Simulator on Roblox (game page)
- Roblox games API, universe 601130232
- Bee Swarm Simulator fan wiki: Bee Swarm Simulator (unofficial)
- Bee Swarm Simulator fan wiki: Noob Shop (unofficial)
- Bee Swarm Simulator fan wiki: Basic Bee Gate (unofficial)
- Bee Swarm Simulator fan wiki: Egg (unofficial)
- Roblox Support: Content Maturity Labels
- Roblox Support: Parental Controls Overview
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