It’s not something we need, but it’s more realistic and give more sense to bees.
BEE-HIVE (now):
50 Wood
10 Twine
BEE-HIVE (new):
10 Shaped Wood
50 Plant Fiber
25 Bark (maybe)
10 Twine
1 Queen Bee
20 Worker Bees
IMPROVED BEE-HIVE (now):
150 Insulated-Wood (ridiculous)
25 Twine
IMPROVED BEE-HIVE (new)
25 Insulated-Wood
100 Plant Fiber
50 Bark (maybe)
30 Twine
1 Queen Bee
50 Worker Bees
ALSO:
Bees no longer get consumed in bee-hives to produce honey (I mean, why ?). Also, why should one do it ? Bee-Hives produce even without using bees.
Instead, flowers can be put inside to boost (or enable - if you want the free production removed) the production of bee-hives.
This is more realistic and makes way more sense than the actual situation.