[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.

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.

@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)

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.

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