we still need a means to farm honey..

Hive blocks that produce honey over time? I started on Alpha 12 and I never saw that in vanilla. I saw the giant zombie bees, but they were just the placeholder flying enemy.

Now as a survival fan, I’d be happy if honey was an important food source or at least a salient resource. I suspect survival is why things like honey and mushrooms made it into the game in the first place. But with the current gameplay, honey becomes moot when you can craft two types of antibiotics that are more effective.