Stardew Valley: How To Cultivate Honey

This Stardew Valley guide focuses on honey production, a profitable yet often overlooked artisan good. This guide is updated for version 1.6.

Building a Bee House

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) for honey production every 3-4 days (except Winter). Ginger Island allows year-round production. Moving a Bee House with an axe or pickaxe drops any ready honey. Bee Houses in the Greenhouse do not produce honey.

Bee House

Flowers and Honey Types

The type of honey produced depends on nearby flowers (within five tiles), including those in Garden Pots. No flowers result in Wild Honey (100g, 140g with Artisan).

Honey Types

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

Honey Type	Base Sell Price	Artisan Sell Price
Tulip Honey	160g	224g
Blue Jazz Honey	200g	280g
Sunflower Honey	260g	364g
Summer Spangle	280g	392g
Poppy Honey	380g	532g
Fairy Rose Honey	680g	952g

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 others can be used for crafting or gifting.

Mead

Honey in a Keg produces Mead. Aging in a Cask increases 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.

Mead

Crafting & Bundles

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

Honey completes the Community Center's Artisan Bundle and appears in Fish Pond quests.

Gifting

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

Gifting Honey