Giant Bee
Incubation Time
8h 0m 0s
Elapsed Time
4h 37m 47s
Maturation Time Left
87h 57m 46s
Time to Juvenile
4h 37m 47s
Total Food Items
2952
items
Food to Adult
1926
items
Food Per Hour
61
Food Capacity
75
items
Baby Hand Feed For
2h 45m 13s
8.0% maturation
Cuddle Interval
0s
Imprint Per Cuddle
0%
Max Imprint
0.0%
The raising calculator above shows exactly how much food you need for each maturation phase of the Giant Bee. Expect ~556 minutes of active care during the Baby phase before it graduates to trough-feeding as a Juvenile.
The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale Giant Bee raises by totaling food across all babies. Different food types have different spoil timers - factor that into which food you stockpile.
Food per item
30
Stack size
100
Eats at 5%
50.47 food/min
Maturation
92h 35m 33s
| Phase | Duration | |
|---|---|---|
| 4h 37m 46s | 455 | |
| 37h 2m 13s | 2,755 | |
| 46h 17m 46s | 1,230 | |
| 87h 57m 46s | 4,440 |
Feeding Trough
6,000 items(60 slots)
Fits in one load
Tek Trough
10,000 items(100 slots)
Fits in one load
Maewing / Maeguana
300 slots
50% weight reduction on meat & berries
During the Baby phase (0-10%), you must hand-feed or use a Maewing to nurse. From Juvenile (10%+), dinos can eat from a Feeding Trough on their own. Use Preserving Salt in troughs to double spoil times.
The baby Giant Bee takes approximately 3 days and 20 hours to fully mature at default rates - over an extremely long period, one of the longest in the game. The most labor-intensive part is the baby phase (0–10% maturation) when it can't use a Feeding Trough yet.
Each baby inherits stats from both parents with a chance of mutation - +2 wild levels to a random stat plus a color change. Use the breeding calculator to plan food requirements, incubation timers, and maturation phases.
The Giant Bee's growth progresses through three stages: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~556 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~37h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~46h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Giant Bee gains 30% extra damage and damage resistance with its imprinter mounted. Imprint requests include cuddling, walks, and specific kibble - check the wiki for which kibble to stockpile.
Found throughout the ARKs, the Giant Bee is a tamable, flying, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. Classified under the Variant group.
Its base Stamina of 200 gives it average stamina. With 100% base Melee Damage, the Giant Bee has solid damage output. At 80 base HP, the Giant Bee is very frail. Weight capacity starts at 150, giving it modest carrying capacity.
After taming, the Giant Bee works well as a reconnaissance mount, offering fast travel and a bird's-eye view of the terrain. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0 Element plus 0 Element per level.