Arrange bee houses in a radial pattern placing a flower in the center with 44 hives within 5 tiles, and youll maximize collection efficiency. During spring plant blue jazz for your first honey batch, switch to poppy in summer then fairy rose in fall since it gives the best value at 680g base. Make sure to grab honey before picking nearby flowers, or youll end up with wild honey instead of the good stuff. An interesting option is setting up a second operation on ginger island since bees work year-round there which really adds up.

Getting that artisan profession at farming 10 boosts prices by 40% so prioritize that before expanding too much. Watch those scarecrows near your flower plots or crows might ruin everything. For crafting focus on getting maple syrup going early and stock up on iron bars coal since youll need lots. Placing hives outside your farm can work great but watch out for villager paths or theyll wreck your setup. Really worth noting that a solid fairy rose layout with artisan bonus brings in about 41k gold per harvest and if you get that ginger island operation running with 62 houses youre looking at 1.65 million yearly.