The Pollinated mutation has become one of the most valuable features in Grow a Garden since the Bizzy Bees update arrived. This golden-glowing mutation doesn’t just make your crops look stunning – it triples their sale value and serves as the key ingredient for creating honey. Getting the Pollinated mutation requires perfect timing, smart crop selection, and a bit of luck.
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Understanding the Bee Swarm Event Schedule
The Pollinated mutation can only appear during Bee Swarm events, which happen precisely every hour on the hour and last for exactly 10 minutes. During these swarm periods, bees emerge from their hive in the center of the map and fly across all garden plots, randomly selecting crops to pollinate.
You’ll find a countdown timer displayed next to the Queen Bee NPC. This timer shows exactly when the next swarm will begin, allowing you to prepare your crops and time them accordingly.
When bees reach your garden, you can watch them approach specific fruits and apply the mutation in real-time. The selected crop immediately gains a distinctive golden glow and turns bright yellow, making it easy to spot among your regular harvests. A notification will appear on your screen confirming “A fruit in your garden, mutated to Pollinated.“
Best Crops for Pollinated Mutations
Not all crops are created equal when it comes to maximizing your Pollinated mutation chances. Multi-harvest crops offer the best value because they continue producing fruit over time, giving you multiple opportunities for mutations without replanting.
Heavy crops provide the most value for honey production since the Honey Combpressor requires 10 kilograms of Pollinated crops to create honey.
For quick mutations and frequent harvests, consider fast-growing multi-harvest crops like strawberries and tomatoes. These don’t contribute as much weight to honey production, but they give you more chances to receive the mutation during each swarm event.
Using Bee Pets to Generate Mutations
Beyond relying on swarm events, you can get passive Pollinated mutations through bee pets. These adorable companions work around the clock, pollinating your crops even when swarm events aren’t active. Each bee pet has different abilities and cooldown periods.
What to Do with Pollinated Crops
Once you’ve successfully obtained Pollinated crops, you face an important decision: sell them immediately for triple coins or convert them to honey for exclusive rewards. Converting to honey almost always provides better long-term value because the Honey Shop contains items unavailable anywhere else in the game.
- Save your heaviest pollinated crops for honey production at the Combpressor. Lighter fruits can be sold for quick coins if you need immediate money, but remember that honey opens doors to pets, rare seeds, and cosmetic items that will benefit your garden long after the event ends.
- Divine and Legendary Pollinated fruits deserve special consideration. These ultra-rare combinations provide massive coin values when sold directly, so you might choose to sell some while converting others to honey based on your current needs and goals.
That’s all you need to know to make the most of the Bizzy Bees event before it ends on June 7th.
