Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26094198-20181211080117

The LOTR mod has expanded on many different areas of Minecraft besides strictly LOTR related things, including: FARMING! Managing my farm in the shire is one of my favorite things to do in the mod in survival. I recently hit a wall in which I've done most of the farming content in the mod, and so I'd love some more, I know this is completely tangent to the purpose of the mod, but I think it's pretty great.

1. Beekeeping: Bees, and beehives could naturally spawn in forest biomes hanging from trees, using a bucket/bowl on them would give you a bucket/bowl of honey which could be used in cooking and baking. This would unleash bees on you damaging frequently but only half a heart each time, until you run away. Using shears on the beehive would drop the beehive, you could then craft a beehive into a bee box by surrounding it with woodplanks in a crafting table (like a chest recipe but with a hive in the middle) Basically this would allow you to have a beehive on your farm with the added benefit of having a radius arround the hive (say 25 blocks or so) where your crops will have a 25% chance of dropping an extra seed when harvested. This would simulate the facilitation effect bees have on crops. They would also have the same effect on all trees giving a bonus chance of dropping saplings as the leaves break.

2. Rice: Not much to say here except it should be only found in Rhudel and it would be a new crop. Perhaps served in a bowl. possibly paving the way for sushi in the future?

3. I had more ideas such as herbs and lavender and stuff but these were main two (specifically beekeeping) and I don't want to go on too long. Thanks for reading, and whether you like the idea or not I had fun thinking of it, and we all love the mod, so I'm just sending LOVE. Hopefully Mevans and the mod team will be able to continue working on the mod we all love so much. <3

P.S. the beehives and honey could have special interactions w/ bears. comment your ideas. :) 