How do I install Complicated Bees?

Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. Download the .jar. Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile. Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Complicated Bees work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.21.1, 1.20.1, 1.20.4. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Complicated Bees

by ACCBDD · on CurseForge

Bees - but complicated. Mutations, crossbreeding, and genetics! Almost entirely data-driven, and very modpack-friendly.

Which build do you need?

This mod ships a separate file for every mod loader and every version of the game. Pick both, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game.

Mod loader

Mod loader NeoForge2 builds
Mod loader Forge1 build

Minecraft version

Minecraft 1.21.1Newest
Minecraft 1.20.4

Minecraft 1.20.1Newest

⬇ Download for 1.21.1 · NeoForge ⬇ Download for 1.20.4 · NeoForge ⬇ Download for 1.20.1 · Forge

I don't know my version or loader

Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.

No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.

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Do you wish bees were more complicated? Do you miss features (that a certain much older mod had) that certain modern bee resource mods don't have, like actual diploid genetics? Do you really want to keep reading these rhetorical questions?

Find bees in the world, domesticate them, and crossbreed them to generate infinite resources - honey, mob drops, even ore resources like diamonds and netherite! This mod is also extremely configurable - almost everything in the mod can be configured and changed; add new bee species, combs, recipes, and more with a datapack - no extra addon mods required!

JEI is HIGHLY recommended to see recipes, mutations, and bee products. Patchouli is also recommended to enable an in-game guide to the mod.

Features

Bees!
Genetics!
Tools and armor!
Building blocks!
Foods!
A full wiki explaining how to use the mod as well as how to configure the mod using datapacks!
If Patchouli is installed, a fully complete guidebook to explain the mod in-game!

Credits

ACCBDD for all original code
SirSengir for the mod that inspired this one (+ some textures)
Abbie5 for the EMI integration

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.1, 1.20.1, 1.20.4
How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
Where to get it: Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.

Verified by MCModsHub

Ships as complicated_bees-1.20.1-3.4.6.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 1.7 MB
Download link checked 27 Aug 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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