Dwarf Fortress Bees Spawning
The wiki says bees don't spawn in freezing biomes, and my biome freezes during Winter, but thaws during Summer. I haven't seen any bees though. Do they only spawn if your biome NEVER freezes? Or can I just not to expect them during a freezing Winter?
Solution 1:
Perhaps you're forgetting the first step of bees? Bees require hives. If there aren't any on the embark, you're out of luck because, currently, they are unable to be imported.
But Freezing is maybe a misnomer. It's not, "Biomes which freeze", but rather, a remark on the climate, with Freezing being opposite Scorching. There are 6 degrees of climate, as follows:
- Scorching
- Hot
- Warm
- Temperate
- Cold
- Freezing
Of the 6, you are likely to have season freezing in Temperate and Cold, while Freezing climates never thaw.
So, in short, check your embark, what was the climate like? And do you have hives?