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# Hive Recipe

Schema reconstructed from HiveRecipe, HolderSetCodec, tier codecs, and ItemStackTemplate.

## Example

```json
{
  "type": "resourcefulbees:hive",
  "bees": [
    "minecraft:bee",
    "resourcefulbees:ruby_bee"
  ],
  "hiveCombs": {
    "resourcefulbees:t1": "resourcefulbees:ruby_honeycomb",
    "resourcefulbees:t2": {
      "id": "resourcefulbees:ruby_honeycomb",
      "count": 2
    }
  },
  "apiaryCombs": {
    "resourcefulbees:t1": {
      "id": "resourcefulbees:ruby_honeycomb",
      "count": 2
    }
  }
}
```

## Fields

| Field         | Type            | Required | Default                | Description                                  |
| ------------- | --------------- | -------- | ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| `type`        | string          | Yes      | `resourcefulbees:hive` | Recipe serializer identifier.                |
| `bees`        | entityHolderSet | Yes      | —                      | Bee/entity holder set matched by the recipe. |
| `hiveCombs`   | tierCombMap     | No       | `{}`                   | Per-tier hive comb outputs.                  |
| `apiaryCombs` | tierCombMap     | No       | `{}`                   | Per-tier apiary comb outputs.                |

## Runtime notes

`bees` is a holder set. Tier maps are keyed by registered tier identifiers and are extensible beyond the built-in Resourceful Bees tiers.

## Schema and template

The source files used for this page are included in the `reference/` directory:

* `resourcefulbees-hive-recipe-template.json`
* `resourcefulbees-hive-recipe.schema.json`

> The schema is the machine-readable reference. Runtime notes document codec or game behavior that JSON Schema cannot fully express.