March 5, 2025

Howdy farmers, welcome to the Bumpkin’s Almanac, your daily digest for the #1 Web3 farming game, Sunflower Land. This issue is for Wednesday, March 5th, 2025.

Winter is in full swing! One of the most valuable things you can grow in Winter is Lemons, which are used in some of the most powerful food items, as well as in Barn Delight¹ , which can cure your animals of sickness if when it strikes.

The other main component in Barn Delight is Honey, which is only obtainable from Beehives (or the Marketplace). If you’ve upgraded to the “Spring” Island (which really needs a new name), you probably have at least one Beehive, possibly more. They’re your key to the other kind of gold you’ll harvest in the game, the gooey kind.

Each of your Beehives is linked to a Flower Plot. Honey will accumulate in the hive at a rate of 1 unit per 24 hours, provided the plot it’s tied to is currently growing a flower. If you harvest the flower and wait a while to plant a new one, the hive will shut down and no honey will be produced. There’s no obvious connection between plots and hives, but if you wait for a bit you’ll see the bee on top of the hive buzz over to a particular plot. That’s how you can tell which go to which. Also, if you buy a Flower Plot at the Infernos Island shop in exchange for Sunstones, you get a Beehive at the same time.

You can harvest a Beehive at any time you like. You’ll get exactly as much as it says is in the hive, and the counter will reset to zero. This can be useful if you’re trying to cook a food item and need just a tiny bit more to complete the recipe. Or, if you know that you won’t be around when the hive becomes full, you can empty it out ahead of time and ensure the honey keeps flowing.

Waiting until it’s full is usually the best choice, though, because of what might happen when those bees are nice and happy. When your Beehive reaches 100% capacity, there’s a 20% chance (40% with the skill Bee Collective) of a Bee Swarm² , which means all of your currently planted crop plots will have a +0.2 boost to their yield (+0.3 with the skill Pollen Power Up). These boosts do stack, if you’re lucky enough to have two swarms at the same time. If the plot is empty, nothing will be added, so make sure to harvest your honey BEFORE your crops as part of your daily routine.

Once you get a stockpile of this sweet delight, you can do a lot of things with it. It’s used in several different high-level cooking recipes, can be requested by NPCs, especially Bert, or you can just sell it on the Marketplace. Honey averages about 0.3 to 0.4 SFL per full unit, which can add up pretty quickly!

That’s all for today! Subscribe via email or RSS to make sure you never miss an issue. Be well, do good work, and farm on.

1  Fun Fact: Barn Delight was originally made with Iron and Eggs, which made it quite a bit more expensive than it is now. Also, it was one of Bert’s Obsessions during its debut Chapter, which made it tradeable on the Marketplace. It sold for slightly more than the cost of its ingredients, and you had to buy it one at a time, but it was still fun!

2  There’s no indication in the game that your hive will trigger a Bee Swarm, but you can use SFL.world to find out beforehand if you don’t like surprises.