Beehive

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This article is about the overall subject. For information about the beehives that can be entered in Mario Pinball Land, see Beehive (Mario Pinball Land). For the Super Smash Bros. item originating from the Animal Crossing franchise, see Beehive (Animal Crossing franchise).

Beehive
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate artwork
Appearances
First appearance	Donkey Kong 3 (1983)
Latest appearance	Mario Party Superstars (2021)

Beehives are the home for bees in both the real world and the overall Mario franchise. Furthermore, in the Mario franchise, they mostly serve as a hazardous object, in which tampering with a beehive causes a swarm of angry bees to emerge and go after whoever touched it. Beehives have also made appearances as worlds, level themes, or background elements. Overall, in the Mario franchise, Beehives first appear in Donkey Kong 3.

History

Donkey Kong franchise

Donkey Kong 3

In Donkey Kong 3, Donkey Kong proceeds to knock on beehives to dispatch the bugs in greenhouses (either with his fists, as is the case in the blue and gray greenhouses, or via coconuts, in the case of the yellow greenhouse). In the yellow greenhouse, Stanley also forces Donkey Kong into a beehive at the top, which then falls onto his head. In the arcade version, Donkey Kong, upon the beehive falling onto his head, then twitches and scrambles to get the beehive off, only to fall down to the ground, with the beehive then splitting open and revealing that Donkey Kong's face is partially swollen, with his right eye being puffy (heavily implying that Donkey Kong had been stung by the beehive's occupants).

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

A Stinga Comb in Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

In Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, beehives (known here as Stinga Combs) are an obstacle in several levels. If clapped at, some Stingas emerge from it.

Yoshi franchise

Yoshi's Story

In Yoshi's Story, beehives appear as an obstacle. The bees surrounding a beehive do not allow Yoshi to pass unless he walks slowly. If Yoshi hits a beehive with an egg, the bees attack him.

Mario franchise

Mario Party series

In the Mario Party series, honeycombs first appear in the Mario Party 2 minigame Honeycomb Havoc, which later returns in both Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars. In it, the characters must obtain fruit into their basket while avoiding honeycombs. As they roll down from the tree, it is inevitable that all but one character obtains a honeycomb, and the last character remaining is the winner. When a honeycomb lands into a character's basket, a bunch of bees emerge from it and chase them off-screen, disqualifying them from the minigame.

In Mario Party 7, Beehives are featured in the minigame Big Dripper.

Paper Mario

In Paper Mario, a beehive appears in the Forever Forest in the area where Mario finds the HP Plus Badge. If Mario uses his hammer attack on the beehive, it will cause an angry Bzzap! to come out and fight him.

Super Mario Sunshine

Mario looking at a beehve in Gelato Beach

Beehives also appear in Super Mario Sunshine. The bees only get angry if Mario gets too close to the beehive or Mario knocks it down by squirting it. Once that happens, the bees attack Mario. The bees will retreat once the beehive reappears after a short amount of time. Having Yoshi eat the bees grants Mario a coin for each one, but a Blue Coin or a 1-Up Mushroom is rewarded from the last bee eaten. Once all bees are eaten, the beehive will still reappear but with no bees to occupy it.

List of game appearances

Title	Year of release	System/format	Role	Franchise
Donkey Kong 3	1983	Arcade	Object	Donkey Kong
Yoshi's Story	1998	Nintendo 64	Obstacle and hazardous object	Yoshi
Mario Party 2	1999	Nintendo 64	Object in Honeycomb Havoc	Mario
Paper Mario	2001	Nintendo	Object	Mario
Super Mario Sunshine	2002	Nintendo GameCube	Hazardous object	Mario
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat	2004	Nintendo GameCube	Hazardous object	Donkey Kong
Mario Party 7	2005	Nintendo GameCube	Object featured in Big Dripper	Mario
Mario Party: The Top 100	2017	Nintendo 3DS	Same as in Mario Party 2	Mario
Mario Party Superstars	2021	Nintendo Switch	Same as in Mario Party 2	Mario

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ハチのす Hachi no Su	Beehive
Chinese	蜂巢 Fēngcháo	Beehive
German	Bienenstock	Beehive
Italian	Alveare	Beehive
Russian	Улей Uley	Beehive
Spanish	Panal	Beehive