"APICO is a game about breeding, collecting, and conserving bees!"

In the game you come across over 30 different species of bee - some naturally found in different Biomes, others can only be found by Cross-Breeding species together to form new ones under different conditions, as well as ones found through Bee Hotels!

Bees are split into two types - Social Bees that live and work in beehives, and Solitary Bees that live alone and can be found in hotels

Social Bees are split between 5 "Tiers" to help categorise them, as well as to link them to Hivemother Gates. Solitary Bees are split between 5 "Tiers", where each tier represents one of the Biomes.

Bees

Game Categories

Tier 1

Tier 1 is made up of mostly bees that are already discovered in the Apiarist's Almanac when you start the game, and are all bees that can be found in the Forests.

Social Bees

Solitary Bees

Tier 2

Tier 2 is made up of bees only found through Cross-Breeding Tier 1 bees together, as well as some bees found natively in the Swamps.

Tier 3

Tier 3 is made up of bees only found through Cross-Breeding Tier 2 bees together, as well as some bees found natively in the Tundra.

Tier 4

Tier 4 is made up of bees found through Cross-Breeding Tier 3 bees together, as well as a native bee found in the Hallows.

Tier 4 introduces bees that have traits at the absolute limits (i.e. 1 and 7).
Tier 4 also introduces bees that have special Area of Effects that will effect other bees, such as the Arctic Bee which acts as a Cooler.