Welcome to the Ultimate Blue Hive Meta Guide. We will be talking about basic hive composition, beequips, amulets, and other things. So let’s get started. LAST UPDATED: FEBRUARY 2025
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Getting Started
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After the Retro Meta Changes Blue Hive meta changed slightly.
This meta change has caused the bombs to no longer be the main source of pollen for blue. Bubbles are now the main source that fills up balloons. The ratio of Honey-made/Balloon-size has increased significantly, if you think your balloons are not as large as usual, don’t worry as the honey at hive multipliers have increased and the amount in field / rate of pop star has increased.
Keep in mind that this is a BASE HIVE, everyone can change to their liking and game progression.
Standard Blue Hive
- 1 Tabby Bee
- 1 Festive Bee
- 1 Bear Bee
- 1 Gummy Bee
- 1 Windy Bee
- 1 Puppy Bee
- 9 Tadpole Bees
- 19 Buoyant Bees
- 1 Fuzzy Bee
- 3 Music Bees
- 1 Diamond Bee
- 1 Ninja Bee
- 1 Shocked bee
- 1 Commander Bee
- 1 Frosty Bee
- 1 Bubble Bee
- 1 Bucko bee
- 1 Stubborn Bee
- 1 Cool Bee
- 1 Bumble Bee
- 1 Looker Bee
- 1 Basic Bee
This is the BASE hive, which means it changes for different players.
Recommended to drop fuzzy if you have Tadpole alt. Can drop frosty if you have good fill for a buoyant. Should drop Stubborn if more then 8% ATL on Supreme cog amulet. Windy can be dropped if your macroing without an alt or with less then 3 other people. If your underfilling you should add a shy bee and increase the amount Tadpoles.
If you have max blue drives on your digital bee you can drop a buoyant for it. Use Gather % on it.
THIS IS AN ENDGAME HIVE THAT YOU OPTIMIZE FOR YOURSELF
Do this slowly while testing what works best for you.
Buoyant:Tad Ratio
The buo:tad ratio should be tested because some might be better for you then others based of personal experiences.
Mutations
Movespeed on all non mythic/event bees.
Movespeed/BAR on Tadpole bees.
Convert Amount % on Buoyant bees, should have 1 Buoyant with 4% BAR with Kazoo.
BAR on Bear bee.
Movespeed on rest of the event bees.
Beequips
Be sure to check out our guide on Waxing the Beequips.
https://meta-bee.com/beequips-waxing-mutations/
Beequips are extremely powerful with their great hive bonuses and bee buffs. Blue hives could run many different beequip mixes , these are some example good blue beequips:
- 2 Elf caps, on Tabby and Gummy bee.
- 2 Pine cones, on Bear and Frosty bee. (if you don’t run frosty run pinecone on bumble bee)
- 1 Kazoo, on Buoyant bee.
- 1 Camphor Lip balm, on Bubble bee.
- 1 Whistle, on Commander bee.
- 1 Candy ring, on Diamond bee.
- 1 Toy drum, on Bucko bee.
- 1 Reindeer antlers, on Puppy bee.
- 1 Festive wreath, on Festive bee.
- 1 Snow tiara, on Windy bee
If you have the slots:
- 1 Charm bracelet, on Ninja bee (hah hive bonus or melody)
- 2 Berets, on Buoyant bees. (with BFC or Capacity%) OR 2 Beesmas tops OR 2 Beesmas tree hats, on Buoyant bees. (with high crah%)
RBC Boosting
You can find a guide to RBC boosting Here.
Diamond Blue Hive
- 1 Tabby Bee
- 1 Festive Bee
- 1 Bear Bee
- 1 Gummy Bee
- 1 Windy Bee
- 1 Puppy Bee
- 8 Tadpole Bees
- 15 Buoyant Bees
- 3 Music Bees
- 7 Diamond Bee
- 1 Ninja Bee
- 1 Shocked bee
- 1 Commander bee
- 1 Frosty bee
- 1 Bubble bee
- 1 Bucko bee
- 1 Cool bee
- 1 Stubborn bee
- 1 Bumble bee
- 1 Looker bee
- 1 Basic bee
You should be a level 20+ and fully gifted blue hive and have atleast 1 Tadpole alt with tad sync macroing with you to run this diamond hive, and have a high balloon blessing (recommended 80x+) and should have good fill. or else this composition won’t make good honey for you.
Mutations
Movespeed/BAR on Tadpoles.
Convert amount % on Buoyants and Diamonds.
Movespeed on all non mythic/event bees.
BAR on Bear bee.
Movespeed on the rest of Event bees.
Beequips
- 2 Elf caps, on Diamond bees.
- 1 Snow tiara, on Diamond bee.
- 1 Candy ring, on Diamond bee.
- 2 Pine cones, on Bear and Frosty bee. (if you don’t run frosty run pinecone on bumble bee)
- 1 Kazoo, on Buoyant bee.
- 1 Camphor Lip balm, on Bubble bee.
- 1 Whistle, on Commander bee.
- 1 Toy drum, on Bucko bee.
- 1 Reindeer antlers, on Puppy bee.
- 1 Festive wreath, on Festive bee.
If you have the slots:
- 1 Charm bracelet, on Diamond bee (hah hive bonus or melody)
- 2 Beesmas tree hats, on Diamond bees. (with high crah%)
These beequips on diamond bees should be given according to the Convert buffs of the beequips to the highest convert % mutation of a diamond bee so you get the most convert.
Amulets
Here is a list of some key stats on amulets that you need for the current Blue Meta:
Ant Amulet:
Blue pollen % (Max 30%)
White pollen % (Max 30%)
Pollen % (Max 5%)
Convert Rate % (Max 110%)
Critical Chance % (Max 3%)
Critical Power % (Max 50%)
Snail Amulet:
Convert amount (+21 – +25)
Goo (+11% – 15%)
Pollen (+4% – +5%)
Stick bug Amulet:
Capacity (+200,000 – +300,000)
Convert Rate (x1.20 – x1.25)
Blue Pollen (+25% – +30%)
Blue Bomb Pollen (+25% – +30%)
Moon Amulet:
Honey per pollen (+2% – +8%)
Bond from treats (+3% – +10%) or White pollen if high level
King Beetle Amulet:
Convert rate (+1% – +100%)
Bamboo field pollen (Max 100%)
Bee attack (+1)
Supreme Star Amulet
- Capacity (x2.5)
- Blue pollen (+15% – +70%)
- Convert Rate (x1.05 – x1.25)
- Bee Ability Rate (+1% – +7%)
- Critical Chance ( +1% – +7%)
- Pollen (+5% – +20%)
Supreme Cog Amulet very important
- +200,000 to +250,000 Capacity
- +25% to +30% Blue Pollen
- +15% to +20% Bubble Pollen
- +5% to +10% Ability Token Lifespan
- +4% to +5% Blue instant conversion
Supreme Star Amulet should be Pop Shower, Pop Guiding, or a good Solo Pop
Pop Shower > Pop Guiding ; Assuming all are 5/5 and similar stat ranges
5/5 Solo Pop < 4/5 Pop Shower/Guiding
Passives
Blue relies on Pop Star to fill balloons and the capacity buff from Star Shower will help. Also, the chance to catch a star from Star Shower makes it easy to get inspire stacks which are overpowered. Guiding star can also be used since it gives the 1.25x same as star shower and if you have self-guide on any good blue field you can use it for RBC boosting.
Nectar
Nectar Priority
- Motivating (BP, CR, BAR)
- Comforting (BP, CRH, CCR)
- Satisfying (HH, RCR, WP)
- Refreshing (BCR, RP, BAR)
- Invigorating (RP, CR, BA)
Depending on how good your planters are, you can set priority to 70%-80%. Should not run Invigorating if you don’t have atleast 2 of the Endgame shop planters.
End of the Article
Comment below for any questions regarding this article or general BSS advice for blue hives.
Isn’t 7 tadpole bees very low for a person with no fuzzy alt and no blue friends?
As I said you can optimise this hive to what you see on your graphs. Also it is very easy to find macro servers for blue online.
Thanks for the hive comp.
No problemo!
Excuse me but what are the natro macro settings?
Message acid on discord for more personalised help
Why no puppy bee with the antlers bequip for 20% cap
Will i make new hive ? Bcs the new update was crazy and change like every bee.
Is 40 glitched drives good enough to run digi?
If you have enough blue drives i dont see why not
Can a gifted lion bee with toy horn be better than the 4th music bee?
Why Shocked?
Shocked is use by macroers for haste + token link
What about a shy bee? its practically 5% free pollen, also holds a paper angel so maybe run it over bomber especialy since bombs got nerfed bc cactus badge changes
The cactus field change did not nerf blue bombs. bombs at max bomb combo already destroy entire patches, higher than that doesnt make a difference
why everyone usuing shocked bee? 1,1x white pollen? i dont get it
haste and link
Is constant haste still needed after this meta change?
why is there a shocked bee?
The tokens
Right now ive got 48 bees and a level 14 hive. should i think about going towards a certain hive colour yet or nah?
get 50 bees then macro as blue with ssa
hi im fishmas
hi x
If I have a good paper angel is it ok to drop shocked for photon?
no
btw where is older guide for blue for mid game?
The older guide will not be in use anymore as it is not needed, instead if you are switching to blue hive after SSA, use bubble bees till you can replace them for tadpoles and make sure you build all the other rarity bees needed first
why bumble bee when you can have a extra gifted buyonant for the 1.2x capacity bonus? and buyonant bees have blue bombs too
x1.1 capacity is crazy, bumble is very needed
Hive bonuses don’t stack…
how many blue drives should I have on digital for it to be viable for a blue hive?
500
Why would you not use vicious bee?
Blue simply just doesnt need it, only 1 of the tokens is useful (blue bomb+), its hive bonus doesnt benefit honeymaking at all. You are much better off using a buoyant/tadpole bee in its place.
Is running g cobalt for 15% insta convt not worth it compared to another g tadpole or buoyant? Cause why dosent it use cobalt
not worth it until lvl 21 blue
POV: U have 1 Trillion capacity:
why do u not say to run a g colbalt bee ???
cobalt bee is not needed, the blue guide will be updated in a few days
when will the new blue hive meta guide drop?
in a few days it will be updated and the diamond comp will be added
So I have a few questions. Should I replace a buoyant bee with a gifted puppy until all my bees are lvl 20? I also got a 4/5 double passive star amulet a while back but I’m wondering if I should gamble the 5 trillion honey I have right now to see if I can get a good solo pop or if I should just focus on leveling up my bees. Should I save up for the hydrophilic(endgame blue planter) or should I just ignore it till I get a lvl 20 hive? And could you give me some more info on which beequips I should give my bees? Or should I just follow the example beequips placements you’ve provided for now. Sorry for all the questions but it’d be great if you could answer. Thanks if you do!
hello, sorry for the late reply. We are currently working to update this guide. yes you should use a puppy bee. the guide is planned to be updated in the next few days
can u update hive for new meta
The horses are galloping at precarious speeds, perhaps i may arrive soon.
yes, new meta update will arrive soon!
I thought diamond bee was meta for level 20+ blue hives rn. 75% more from balloons, I have seen people run 8 gifted diamond bees for that. Please elaborate.
hello, sorry for the late reply. the new hive will be added in the next few days! and will be elaborated fully
why is windy bee needed
helps fill
I will not ask everyone the annoying question – when will the diamond hive be added?
today
What mutations do we use? And what does “X mutation for x beequip” mean?
guide will be updated shortly