Describe the bug
A clear and concise description of what the bug is.
I have force loaded the chunks where my apiaries are located two different ways, FTB chunks and using mekanism anchor cards, either do not seem to work. If i am not in the same chunk as my apiaries my bees seem to stop producing combs.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
1.Load game
2. run outside of chunk borders where my apiary is located

Expected behavior
Dont know if this is intended or not but if not, bees to produce combs when outside of chunk range.

Screenshots or Crash Logs
n/a

please complete the following information:

• Forge Version is 36.0.46

Additional context
All the mods 6 v 1.5.4b

I’ll do testing with chunkloading but afaik there should be zero issue with chunkloading since we don’t do anything to require a player be near the bees. If anything is affecting it then it would have to be vanilla itself.

so what do you suggest i try ? move my bees or look for vanilla bees and remove them ? And thanks for the quick reply. I love this mod Btw

Honestly I would do more testing with it. There’s no reason they shouldn’t be doing work as it’s no different than having a standard mob farm. Until I can reproduce the issue and figure what causes it there’s not much I can recommend atm as much as I would like to. Maybe having them close by where you spend most of your time would be better for the moment.

i have them right next to my base, and even if im exactly one chunk away they just spin on their flowers but will not produce any combs until i get into the chunk they reside in. I did remove all of the vanilla bees and still nothing, i will try to recreate it in a creative world.

They shouldn’t only produce honeycombs when you’re in the chunk with them. I find that very odd and something I would like to investigate a bit further.

I also know from our ATM6 server that from what I’ve seen the bees produce combs when I’m in different chunks close by. I don’t have the area force loaded though so I will test that out and see what I can find.

edit: this is one of the biggest reasons for us having a public server. I’ve only ever played the mod from a dev perspective. So I need to experience things as a player to get a better idea of what’s still buggy

It seems to me (in my creative world i set up a tier 4 apiary and 2 bees), the bees will enter the apiary but once i get outside of the chunk area they stay inside. Thanks for you quick reply if you figure anything out please let me know :)
Edit: here is a screenshot about 3 chunks away the bees dissapear and stop producing combs, the chunk is force loaded
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Thanks for the screenshot. I will def look further into this. Bees should produce in loaded chunks regardless if the player is nearby or not. So I’d like to reproduce and test.

One last update, ive been messing around trying to find a work around, so i have found out that for some reason the bees will produce combs while i am in a different dimension. Just not if im more than 2 or 3 chunks away in the overworld.

That is the weirdest thing ever. Def something I will factor into my testing.

I seem to have the same issue in my SP atm 6 pack. And as author says it produces combs when I'm in a different dim. An other note. 1 of my 4 tier 4 apiarys seem to kill or just let my 9 bees disappear.