Honey from wild bees can be gathered in summer and autumn. The bees need at least one month at 10 °C (50 fahrenheit) to produce enough. In cold summers, especially if you are settling in harsh climate, it can happen that your gatherers will not find wild honey at all and it’s a bit random of course. Also, it can only be found by professional workers from a gatherer’s hut, not by laborers sent into the woods manually.
Beekeeping is for sure the more reliable way to get honey. :)
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