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Missing Bees Event

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  • Andie21 (US1)Andie21 (US1) Posts: 3
    edited 14.07.2015
    Can anyone please give me some advice on how to find bees? I only have 1 day left and I have only found 2 bees.?(?(
  • Dara (SKN1)Dara (SKN1) SKN1 Posts: 2,638
    edited 14.07.2015
    If you have some special seeds, like roses, violets sunflowers, try them. Wheat is good too. Bees are random. I had from corn and cabbage. Try to plant different seeds, not just one kind of...
  • Andie21 (US1)Andie21 (US1) Posts: 3
    edited 14.07.2015
    Thank-you:)
  • Nexus_Shadow2Nexus_Shadow2 Posts: 15
    edited 15.07.2015
    somethng needs to be done about the drop rates of bees in this event.. i (like others) have been running non stop since the event started.. i have 6 fields, first i ran wheat, got 1 bee from 6 crops.... then 6 x cabbage for 3 rotations 6 x cabbage x 3 and got 1 bee... then i planted 6x corn and got 1 bee.. then wheat again..this time nothing.. ran non stop wild flowers then corn then cabbage then repeat all day today and got 1 bee from the whole days harvesting.. then i tried 3 rose crops and 3 violet crops... nothing..another wheat...1 bee....in the last 2 hours i have been running corn non stop... 1 bee.. i have 4 bees left to find in 8.5 hours, if i try wheat again it will leave me with 2.5 hours to get the rest after what i guess will be 1 bee...


    something must be done, the drops rates are geared towards loss... and no amount of placating by GG's "yes squad of commentators" who seem to chime in with a "yeah it is random tee hee" every time someone complains will do.. the only reason i don't buy gold is that with all the randomness and Pay2Win in this game i have doubts that the money is just a waste.. adn GG dont seem to care about their users complaints..
  • BriannospamGame (SKN1)BriannospamGame (SKN1) Posts: 1,803
    edited 15.07.2015
    That sounds weird in my ears, when somebody tells they have so many problems catching the bees?
    I ofen catch them all in the first day just by playing my farms as I normaly playing... and if not on the first day, I always get the last bees on the second day (still by normaly playing).

    Have you try sunflowers? - sunflowers is, as far I know 100% sure to drop 1 bee pr. field.
  • Nexus_Shadow2Nexus_Shadow2 Posts: 15
    edited 15.07.2015
    even if i did have sunflower seeds.. it would be counter productive to use a special seed to win a special seed..
    sunflower seeds are rare enough in this game and take 8.5 hours to grow... i have 6.5 hours left... but that's beside the point

    my problem is that in this game there are mechanics that need fixing.. and random drops rates is one of them,
    yes they are random but that doesn't mean they should be non existent.. the event should be possible if you spend all the time given running your crops.. after all these events are designed to keep you here and playing..
    but to me hearing that you "usually have no problem and find all the bees on the first day.. its insulting.. its infuriating... you play normally? and get rewarded, whenever i see these smaller seed events i put extra effort in and pull my hair out cause i have nothing but struggle... this isn't fun... this isn't a game.. this is torture, this is GGames saying "oh you stayed up until 6am trying to get bees? well I'm not gonna give em to ya! but I'll give them to the person who just signed in for 10 mins while their dinner cooks" i bet if i pumped gold into the game they'd flow easily...

    there is random drop with a positive possibility
    & there is random drop with a negative possibility

    the difference is with positive chance, you are guaranteed to get all the bees in the time limit provide you try,
    with negative possibility, no matter what you do, you cant win, but because its called "random" you cant say anything.

    ITS NOT FAIR OR BALANCED
  • RunsWivScissors (GB1)RunsWivScissors (GB1) GB1 Posts: 6,633
    edited 15.07.2015
    even if i did have sunflower seeds.. it would be counter productive to use a special seed to win a special seed..
    sunflower seeds are rare enough in this game and take 8.5 hours to grow... i have 6.5 hours left... but that's beside the point

    my problem is that in this game there are mechanics that need fixing.. and random drops rates is one of them,
    yes they are random but that doesn't mean they should be non existent.. the event should be possible if you spend all the time given running your crops.. after all these events are designed to keep you here and playing..
    but to me hearing that you "usually have no problem and find all the bees on the first day.. its insulting.. its infuriating... you play normally? and get rewarded, whenever i see these smaller seed events i put extra effort in and pull my hair out cause i have nothing but struggle... this isn't fun... this isn't a game.. this is torture, this is GGames saying "oh you stayed up until 6am trying to get bees? well I'm not gonna give em to ya! but I'll give them to the person who just signed in for 10 mins while their dinner cooks" i bet if i pumped gold into the game they'd flow easily...

    there is random drop with a positive possibility
    & there is random drop with a negative possibility

    the difference is with positive chance, you are guaranteed to get all the bees in the time limit provide you try,
    with negative possibility, no matter what you do, you cant win, but because its called "random" you cant say anything.

    ITS NOT FAIR OR BALANCED

    Bees are notoriously tough to find, I usually have no problem with events, but that one is not kind to me either. Because I am compelled to finish events, I sometimes just use sunflower seeds & seaweed & complete the event in 30 seconds, because I know it will drive me crazy & yes, I do know that is insane, because the reward is worse than what I used, but what can I say, the satisfaction of it being done is worth more to me lol This time I did collect half of them before I cracked & went for the quick fix hehe 8|
  • Nexus_Shadow2Nexus_Shadow2 Posts: 15
    edited 15.07.2015
    well that's it.. time ran out and i only had 8 bees... since the event started i have had 10 hours sleep, i have run my 6 fields non stop, even setting alarms on my cellphone to wake me up when wheat crops ended so i could maximize time... non stop crops of everything wild flowers, corn cabbage wheat roses violets.... 8 bees... i wasted 3 violet seeds and 9 rose seeds...(6 of those rose seeds gave me nothing)

    I've had enough of this "game" this is the last straw... i give up.

    good bye Big Farm community I have spend sooooo many hours soooo many 16 hours stretches just playing this game to get some form of progress..and this is how it ends...

    enough is enough.
  • BriannospamGame (SKN1)BriannospamGame (SKN1) Posts: 1,803
    edited 15.07.2015
    even if i did have sunflower seeds.. it would be counter productive to use a special seed to win a special seed..
    sunflower seeds are rare enough in this game and take 8.5 hours to grow... i have 6.5 hours left... but that's beside the point

    my problem is that in this game there are mechanics that need fixing.. and random drops rates is one of them,
    yes they are random but that doesn't mean they should be non existent.. the event should be possible if you spend all the time given running your crops.. after all these events are designed to keep you here and playing..
    but to me hearing that you "usually have no problem and find all the bees on the first day.. its insulting.. its infuriating... you play normally? and get rewarded, whenever i see these smaller seed events i put extra effort in and pull my hair out cause i have nothing but struggle... this isn't fun... this isn't a game.. this is torture, this is GGames saying "oh you stayed up until 6am trying to get bees? well I'm not gonna give em to ya! but I'll give them to the person who just signed in for 10 mins while their dinner cooks" i bet if i pumped gold into the game they'd flow easily...

    there is random drop with a positive possibility
    & there is random drop with a negative possibility

    the difference is with positive chance, you are guaranteed to get all the bees in the time limit provide you try,
    with negative possibility, no matter what you do, you cant win, but because its called "random" you cant say anything.

    ITS NOT FAIR OR BALANCED

    I think only few will call my playing it normally :)
    I'm an old single retired man, so if i want to do that, in theory I could play 24/7... but of course I need to sleep and eat.. and ofen I simply take a break from the pc for rest my eyes and doing some real life things.
    But I think I daily playing between 6 and 12 hours, depending how much I like to play and so on.

    When I say I get the bee by play as I normally do, is planting corn, cabbage and so on depending what my farm needs... I'm totaly ignoring the bees... and hey suddenly I have them whitout try doing anything special to get them.
  • RunsWivScissors (GB1)RunsWivScissors (GB1) GB1 Posts: 6,633
    edited 16.07.2015
    well that's it.. time ran out and i only had 8 bees... since the event started i have had 10 hours sleep, i have run my 6 fields non stop, even setting alarms on my cellphone to wake me up when wheat crops ended so i could maximize time... non stop crops of everything wild flowers, corn cabbage wheat roses violets.... 8 bees... i wasted 3 violet seeds and 9 rose seeds...(6 of those rose seeds gave me nothing)

    I've had enough of this "game" this is the last straw... i give up.

    good bye Big Farm community I have spend sooooo many hours soooo many 16 hours stretches just playing this game to get some form of progress..and this is how it ends...

    enough is enough.

    It would be a shame to give up your farm over an event, especially a minor one like the bees. Just do as Brian suggested for that event, farm as normal & if the bees show up, great, if they don`t, its no major loss as far as the rewards go for that event. For me the stress would be not completeing the event, so it doesn`t bother me at all to waste sunflower seeds or seaweed to get the job done, cos the way I look at it, those items are there to help me achieve what I want & I want to get 10 bees lol

    The one good thing about BF is that so much of it is optional, play what makes it fun for you & skip the stressful stuff. :thumbup:
  • CathyD (INT1)CathyD (INT1) INT1 Posts: 958
    edited 16.07.2015
    It would be a shame to give up your farm over an event, especially a minor one like the bees. Just do as Brian suggested for that event, farm as normal & if the bees show up, great, if they don`t, its no major loss as far as the rewards go for that event. For me the stress would be not completeing the event, so it doesn`t bother me at all to waste sunflower seeds or seaweed to get the job done, cos the way I look at it, those items are there to help me achieve what I want & I want to get 10 bees lol

    The one good thing about BF is that so much of it is optional, play what makes it fun for you & skip the stressful stuff. :thumbup:

    Exactly. It's what I love about this game. I don't play the temporary islands. On my second farm, I don't play the horses. If you don't like playing Piggles or Find the Bees or the weekly events, or George's Silo, don't do them. Lots of people don't do missions. Lots of co-ops don't take part in the championship. It's one of the best parts about this game.
  • BriannospamGame (SKN1)BriannospamGame (SKN1) Posts: 1,803
    edited 16.07.2015
    I don't play the temporary islands. On my second farm, I don't play the horses. .

    Ehhh, do you play tempory farms on that farm where you don't play the horses?
    - I f so, I may have to say I don't understand that strategy?

    The horses and the temp. farm are connected in that way, it's from the temp farms you get the valuta to buy greenhouse seeds, and the greenhouse fruit gives a lot more horseshoes than the first 4 cargo rooms on the ship.

    If you dont training and breeding the horses, it's a bad buisness to run the temp farms. - but ok, if you like run temp farm for the challenge in them or fun, that's another talk :)

    If you want as fast as possible could train up and breeding your horses, the temp farms are a great help.

    But ok, I think it's also possible you just feel your horse farm not yet are strong enough to run the temp farms? - Then I understand your strategy and find it wise. :)
  • CathyD (INT1)CathyD (INT1) INT1 Posts: 958
    edited 16.07.2015
    I don't play the temporary islands on either farm. I chose not to play the horses on my newest farm. OK.
  • BriannospamGame (SKN1)BriannospamGame (SKN1) Posts: 1,803
    edited 16.07.2015
    ok, that also gives meaning. :)
  • gizmo22 (AU1)gizmo22 (AU1) AU1 Posts: 1,720
    edited 17.07.2015
    Plant sunflowers for guaranteed bee drops..........other than that I recommend wheat planting overnite if you dont have sunflower OR continually plant and harvest corn. Never had issues with the bee event, its one of the fastest and easiest events out there for me.
  • MRG1 (US1)MRG1 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,554
    edited 14.08.2015
    Actually I have collected all the missing bees but have yet to receive the reward :(
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  • RunsWivScissors (GB1)RunsWivScissors (GB1) GB1 Posts: 6,633
    edited 12.08.2015
    Did you try reloading the game (CTRL+F5)?
  • edited 12.08.2015
    I had finished the Bee Event quite early this time. I just checked and all my bees are gone again! Must have escaped again during one of the rollbacks! I didn't realize there were 2 rollbacks, I thought the 2nd one was just a maintenance fix, so never checked my bees to see if they escaped again! I need some added time to collect them all again! Now where are they hiding this time!!!! Gotta run and get them!
  • br549 (US1)br549 (US1) Posts: 9
    edited 13.08.2015
    I have all my bees but no reward!!!

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  • Baltica (US1)Baltica (US1) Posts: 20
    edited 13.08.2015
    Same here. I have all the bees collected but no reward and no info that I already finished it. Logging few times back didn't solve the problem :(

    And to add to it. I can still collect bees even after I already have full hive .
  • CM NafaruCM Nafaru Posts: 1,325
    edited 13.08.2015
    Hey everyone,

    we had some issues with the bee event the last time it came around, it sounds like they might not be fully resolved yet.

    Please take a screenshot of your game, with the full bee hive and time & date displayed in your taskbar to save for later (in case you might need to contact Support).

    It could be that the game believes the last bee appeared already, while you're still waiting for the final bee to drop, so please keep collecting your crops and please report back if the next bee solved the issue!

    In case the payout of the reward still doesn't work after another bee appeared, contact support and include the screenshot, to have everything documented. :)

    Regards,
    Steffi
  • MRG1 (US1)MRG1 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,554
    edited 14.08.2015
    Thanks Nafaru. I remember the last time we did the bees event it didn't show the last bee, and I finally collected another bee but I don't know if I got the reward or not. Didn't pay much attention at the time, but now this time I am certain I didn't get the reward.
  • katmorr (AU1)katmorr (AU1) Posts: 96
    edited 14.08.2015
    Seems I have a slightly different problem re: bees. Reward popped up as earned, not exactly sure if reward was added to farm management, supplies. However, at this time I still had one bee to collect, which I did later complete collecting. ????
    Why so much confusion? Hmmmm :)
  • Hodor4Hodor4 Posts: 192
    edited 14.08.2015
    I also got the reward after collecting 9 bees (the hive showed one more was needed). After a few more harvests I got the final bee but did not get the reward again, so maybe those not getting the reward when filling the hive had actually received it previously before the hive was full, without noticing?
  • katmorr (AU1)katmorr (AU1) Posts: 96
    edited 14.08.2015
    Thanks Hodor4 for your post. Seems like a lot of strange things going on.
  • I have just harevested a field and had the pop up saying well done for finding all of the bees.  however I didnt see a bee appear with the harvest like you usually do.  Didnt think much of it as the exp and roses icons appeared on screen correctly.  I can t say for sure though if these credited as if I click on Evas yellow beetle the last bee is missing and not on the hive.

    Anyone else had a similar problem?

    Will update if another bee turns up, will plant sunflowers tonight to make sure I get it in the morning if it is indeed missing
  • Pale Ale (DE1)Pale Ale (DE1) DE1 Posts: 991
    Hey Stork The Bear!

    This is absolutely normal. I have it this way every time the bee event appears (and the same with the Piggles event where you have to collect these herbs).

    When the pop up appears (saying you just found all bees) and you get the roses or what else, you can be sure to have completed the event. It isn't necessary to plant more crops to find the last bee 'cause when the pop up appears, it is a sign you have finished the event. :)
  • Michiru (GB1)Michiru (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,239
    I have the same bug. Just collected my last bee, and received my roses and superhumus (double checked), and yet when i click on the beelady icon in the driveway i still have this image of a missing bee:


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  • erryka (AU1)erryka (AU1) AU1 Posts: 132
    Mine was the same, but refreshed and they were all filled then.
  • Michiru (GB1)Michiru (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,239
    So.. a couple of hours later I collected one more bee, the last one, yet again :D However despite my small hopes I did NOT receive the final price again... Now that would have been a brilliant and welcome mistake :D 
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