Bee

Type	Flying Enemy
Environment	Bee Hive Jungle Underground Jungle
AI Type	Flying AI
Immune to
Debuff	Poisoned
Debuff tooltip	Slowly losing life
Chance	100%
Duration	2–6 seconds
Hurt	https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/File:NPC_Hit_1.wav
Killed	https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/File:NPC_Killed_1.wav

Bees are small flying enemies that are spawned by the Queen Bee in the Underground Jungle, and will also appear when destroying a Bee Hive and occasionally when mining Hive blocks that make up the Bee Hive biomes. They are not to be confused with summoned bees from the Bee Gun, the Bee Keeper, The Bee's Knees, the Beenade, or the Honey Comb – these bees are friendly projectiles. In Expert Mode, Bees will inflict the Poisoned debuff to players.

Variants

Classic

Expert

Master

2 values: Pre-Hardmode › Hardmode
3 values: Pre-Hardmode › Hardmode › Post-Plantera

NPC ID	Type		Health	Damage	Defense	KB Resist
210		Bee	20/24›52›78/36›78›117	20/24›42›64/36›63›96	5/4›8›12	50%/55%/60%
211		Small Bee	10/12›52›66/18›78›99	15/18›64›80/27›96›120	2/1›6›8	50%/55%/60%

Unlike summoned bees, these Bees do not die/despawn when entering water.
- However, a Bee Hive will not burst into Bees if it lands in water.
In Expert Mode, the damage done by Bees is greatly increased in Hardmode. This can catch players off-guard, as Bees are normally easily dealt with at this stage of the game.
Bees do not drop Souls of Light, Souls of Night, Biome Keys, or Biome Key Molds.
Bees can attack other enemies.

Since Bees can spawn from Hive blocks, it is recommended that the Bee Hive is entered with caution, even though they have little defense and health. While even the lowest-tier pickaxe, the Copper Pickaxe, is capable of killing them, breaking too many Hives at once can overwhelm a player with low-tier armor.