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Beehive Interface

Allows retriving information about beehives, and also colleting either the honey comb, or honey bottles using any computer or turtle

The Beehive Interface needs an Beehive or Nest in any of the sides of it to work.

Functions Description
hasBees() Check if bees are present on the hive
getBeeCount() Checks how many bees are in the hive
gotFireNear() Checks if there is fire near the hive
getBees() Gets the state of the bees in the hive
getHoneyLevel() Checks the state of the honey inside the hive
collectHoney(resources, output, bottled) Collects the honey

hasBees()

Description

Check if bees are present on the hive

Returns

  1. boolean - The state of the operation or if there are bees inside of the hive
  2. string - Error message, If there is a failure on the operation

getBeeCount()

Description

Checks how many bees are in the hive

Returns

  1. boolean | number - The state of the operation or the number of bees present
  2. string - Error message, If there is a failure on the operation

gotFireNear()

Description

Checks if there is fire near the hive

Returns

  1. boolean - The state of the operation or the if there is fire close to the hive
  2. string - Error message, If there is a failure on the operation

getBees()

Description

Gets the state of the bees in the hive

Returns

  1. boolean | table - The state of the operation or the state of the bees on the hive
  2. string - Error message, If there is a failure on the operation

getHoneyLevel()

Description

Checks the state of the honey inside the hive

Returns

  1. boolean | number - The state of the operation or a number representing the honey level (1..5)
  2. string - Error message, If there is a failure on the operation

collectHoney(resources, output, bottled)

Description

Collects the honey as honey bottles or honeycombs

Parameters

  1. resources: string - The input from where to source bottles or shears
  2. output: string - The place where to put the collected resources
  3. bottled: boolean - If true the will collect honey bottles, if false will collect honeycombs

Returns

  1. boolean - The state of the operation
  2. string - Error message, If there is a failure on the operation

Usage

Honey Collection Example
local beehive = peripheral.find("beehive_interface");
local state, err = beehive.collectHoney("left","top", false);

if(err) -- If there was an error, display the error message
    error(err)

print(state); -- Display if could collect from the hive