BUG: Wither Rose bees do not produce Strange Honey

[KoboldCatgirl]

[I am using Forge with version 1.18.2]

Hi there! To be very concise, as far as I can tell, while bees can sometimes pollinate wither roses (assuming you keep them alive, of course), the product you get is ordinary default honey.

I tested by encasing a number of spawned bees in a glass dome with a bee box that was blocked off from all other sides. I am not 100% certain of my testing methods (I noticed a single glass pane that already-pollinated baby bees could have hypothetically squeezed through to get in, so it's possible the test was contaminated), and I may attempt to test it again tomorrow just to be sure. That being said, I wanted to bring it to your attention.

As a sidenote, it's extremely challenging to test this without knowing commands to give the bees invulnerability, especially since beekeeping is a slow job regardless. I wound up using a dispenser with a clock to launch lingering Regen potions in every five seconds, which feels a lot less "small beekeeping-y" than the mod seemed to intend and seems like it could be exorbitantly expensive in Vanilla, so I can't tell if I'm doing something wrong.

[InspectorCaracal]

Thanks for the report! I admit, I haven't specifically tested wither roses in-game for all the reasons you described, but I did add it while knowing it would be extremely difficult to actually obtain. Which makes it all the more important it actually works! I'll see if I can replicate the issue (although it'll have to be late next week) and keep this issue updated.

[InspectorCaracal]

@KoboldCatgirl Oh, and just to check off all my boxes:

• Which beehive variety were you using?
• How many bees were in it?
• Are you running any other mods that might affect bees or flowers? (Texture packs don't count, don't worry about any of those)

[KoboldCatgirl]

Hi there! I figured out how to do invulnerable bees and ran the test again today. Barring some weird "bees that take damage count as having pollinated default flowers" glitch, I believe I can safely call this a false alarm, and apologize for any confusion or wasted time this may have caused!

There are some other bee- and flower-related mods installed, but since the test was a success, I'm not too fussed digging them out unless it'd be of use to you!

In case you're curious: Three wither rose enclosures and a control group orchid enclosure, with 6-7 invulnerable bees and all other access points fastidiously blocked off. Birch boxes. Three wither roses and seven very determined bees. (Three are inside already.) A very brave survivor of the previous Wither Rose Trials. I gave her a nice new bee box and some tulips. Wither rose enclosures, with Strange Honey! And the control group, of course.

[InspectorCaracal]

No worries, I'm just glad to hear it's working! And thank you for the pictures :D