I posted in the forum before about the health of my villagers. That got sorted for a while, but I’m having trouble with gathering honey. They never seem to get any? I know the quantity is low, but I built the gatherer’s hut first, and had one of them work it all year but no honey. and no honey the second year. Does honey only appear at a certain temperature or time of year?
Honey from wild bees can be gathered in summer and autumn. The bees need at least one month at 10 °C (50 fahrenheit) to produce enough. In cold summers, especially if you are settling in harsh climate, it can happen that your gatherers will not find wild honey at all and it’s a bit random of course. Also, it can only be found by professional workers from a gatherer’s hut, not by laborers sent into the woods manually.
Beekeeping is for sure the more reliable way to get honey. :)