Beehives

[Arcanist]

I am currently trying to get decent q wax by using a beehive farm.

I currently have a beehive in a full circle of carrots, 30+q but I'm only getting 11-15q wax.

I've tried replanting the whole circle at once, once a day, and I got 15q, then I tried replanting half of it at a time 12h apart and I'm getting 12q.
I've also tried building a new beehive, leaving the honey in, and keeping it clear of honey, nothing seems to raise the q of my carrots.

What am I doing wrong?

[Sevenless]

From what I can synthesize out of Xcom's expriments: Planting the crop actually lowers the hive quality towards 1/2 the crop q. Crops growing average the quality towards the crops q. Hive q doesn't matter.

Plant crops, build new beehive, farm until wax q drops below what you want due to replantings. If map tile unloads and you're above q100 wax, wax q is reset back to q100.

[Arcanist]

But that's the thing. If I make a new beehive, the first wax is always 10q, then after that it only gets to about 15q even after a few cycles, even though the crops are 30q

[Sevenless]

But that's the thing. If I make a new beehive, the first wax is always 10q, then after that it only gets to about 15q even after a few cycles, even though the crops are 30q

Are all your crops q30? It sets itself to the quality of the first plant that grows. And you have to have the entire field planted before building the beehive.

It only really works in a monoculture plot intended for waxing.

[Arcanist]

But that's the thing. If I make a new beehive, the first wax is always 10q, then after that it only gets to about 15q even after a few cycles, even though the crops are 30q

Are all your crops q30? It sets itself to the quality of the first plant that grows. And you have to have the entire field planted before building the beehive.

It only really works in a monoculture plot intended for waxing.

All crops are carrots, and there might be a few 27q, but most are 30+q

[synntax33]

Try moving hive out of planting zone so that radius doesn't include replanted carrots, then put back when done. Should keep wax q going up