The Hive Full Walkthrough – All Bears & Stickers (2026 Update)

You’ve saved your friends across four worlds. Now it’s time for the final journey. The Hive in Super Bear Adventure is the home of the bees and the source of the purple honey. It is the last main world, the place where the story ends, and the toughest level in the game. This full walkthrough explains how to unlock it, what to expect in each of its four areas, how to find its stickers, and how to beat the final battle.

The Hive Quick Facts

A Little History of The Hive

The Hive has existed in two forms. The first version arrived in Update 1.6.0 in September 2018. It added a final boss fight and an ending to the game.

In Update 10.0, called “The Hive Update,” the developer replaced the old level with a brand-new one. This new Hive in Super Bear Adventure brought:

• Four new areas: the Hive river, the factory, the backyard, and the throne room
• New boss fights with their own music
• Maybee’s gift shop, where you unlock special items by doing tasks
• New cutscenes, new enemies, and new stickers

The same update also rewrote the whole story and replaced every song in the game with music by Pierre Thibault.

How The Hive Works (and Why It Feels Different)

The first four worlds are open places. You run around freely and save caged bears one at a time, each with its own medal time.

The Hive is different. It is one long adventure split into parts, with checkpoints along the way. Instead of many separate bear rescues, your goal is to push all the way to the throne room. That’s why speedrunners and the game’s medal system time The Hive as one full run, from the start to the final boss.

Here’s how its timer and medals work:

• Since Update 10.3, The Hive has its own gold time (now a medal).
• If the timer option is on, your total time shows after you beat the final boss.
• Collected coins are saved when you respawn at a checkpoint.

Bears in The Hive

So where are the bears? By the time you enter The Hive, you have already saved most of your bear friends in the first four worlds. That’s how you unlock it. The Hive is about ending the purple honey problem for good, so every bear in the kingdom can live in peace. After you win, the ending scene shows the friends you met along the way.

If you’re hunting for every bear in the game, make sure you have saved all the bears in Turtletown, Snow Valley, Beemothep Desert, and Giant House. The pause menu’s progression tracking shows what is still missing in each world.

How to Unlock The Hive?

You need to save a set number of bears to open the gate to The Hive. The exact number is shown at the entrance. Most players unlock it after finishing most of the Giant House. The entrance has its own special screen, added in Update 10.3, that shows your progress.

Before you enter, prepare:

1. Save as many bears as you can in earlier worlds.
2. Practice the long jump, dive, ledge grab, and wall run.
3. Turn on the double health booster if you want extra safety.
4. Turn on Shicka’s tips in the settings for helpful advice.

Area 1: The Hive River

Your journey starts at the purple river. This area is all about platforming.

What to expect:

• Jumps over purple honey
• Bees that fly at you
• Moving parts that test your timing

Tips:

• Don’t touch the purple honey. Falling into it hurts you. Honey puddles also slow you down.
• Take your time with each jump. There is no rush.
• Use the coin detector booster here. Since Update 10.5, it works properly inside The Hive.

Area 2: The Factory

Next, you enter the honey factory. This is where the purple honey is made.

What to expect:

• Conveyor belts that move you along
• Machines and moving parts
• More bees and new enemies
• An elevator with a jump pad

Tips:

• Watch which way the conveyor belts move before you jump on.
• You can ledge grab the edges of conveyor belts, a fix added in Update 12.1.2.
• Listen carefully. Update 12.1 added many new sound effects in The Hive, which help you hear what’s coming.

Area 3: The Backyard and Maybee’s Gift Shop

The backyard is a calmer area, and it’s where you meet Maybee. Maybee is a bee who runs a gift shop. Maybee doesn’t like bears very much, but is happy to do business anyway!

How Maybee’s shop works:

• Maybee gives you tasks to complete.
• When you finish the tasks, you can unlock special items.
• These items are unique to Maybee’s shop.

Tip: Talk to Maybee more than once. New tasks can appear as you progress.

The backyard is also where you meet the Giant Caterpillar, a mini-boss. Learn how it moves, attack when it’s open, and step away. Since Update 10.3, the caterpillar does not come back to life if you respawn at a checkpoint.

The Giant Shicka Section

One of the most exciting parts of The Hive in Super Bear Adventure is when you get to play as Giant Shicka! In this section, Shicka grows huge, and you control her through a path of pillars.

Tips:

• Move carefully. Giant Shicka’s controls were made more responsive in Update 10.5.3.
• Bees will attack Giant Shicka, so keep moving.
• Checkpoints were added to the pillars section in Update 10.5.3, so you won’t have to restart from the beginning if you fall.
• If you have a Shicka skin equipped, it shows up here too.

Area 4: The Throne Room and the Final Boss

At last, you reach the throne room. This is where you meet Queen Beeatrice, the Bee Queen, and face the final boss: a purple bear, known to fans as Baaren’s brother.

What happens in the fight:

• The boss fires projectiles at you.
• The battle has more than one phase.
• Giant Shicka joins in during the fight.

How to win:

1. Come in with full health.
2. Learn the projectile rhythm. Since Update 13.0, the projectiles’ timing is no longer random, so you can learn it perfectly.
3. Attack only when it’s safe.
4. Stay calm and keep moving.

After you win, talk to the Bee Queen to see the ending. Since Update 13.0.3, the game saves your victory before you talk to the queen. And yes, you can stomp during the credits to make them go faster!

All 3 Stickers in The Hive

Like every main world, The Hive hides 3 stickers. They are well hidden, so here’s how to find them:

Sticker tips:

• Sticker hunting is easier on a second run, once you know the level.
• Use checkpoints as safe bases to explore around.
• Look up! Many stickers hide on high ledges.
• The pause menu shows how many stickers you still need.
• In old versions, stickers could respawn after you collected them if you revived at a checkpoint. This bug was fixed in Update 10.5.3.

Coins in The Hive

The Hive has many coins to collect. A few helpful facts:

• When you collect all coins, the coin counter turns gold.
• In Update 11.0, the developer moved three coins that were impossible to avoid. This lets speedrunners try a coinless run if they want a challenge.
• Coins you already collected on earlier runs appear see-through, so you can tell which ones are new.

What Unlocks After The Hive?

Finishing The Hive opens up even more adventure:

• Mole challenges become available. These bonus levels include the Mole Mines, the Astral Temple and Astral Dunes, and the Crystalline Lagoon.
• You can replay The Hive to improve your medal time.
• You can return to Maybee’s shop to finish tasks and unlock items.

Common Problems and Quick Fixes

Final Thoughts

The Hive in Super Bear Adventure is the grand finale of Baaren’s journey. It mixes tricky jumps, a busy honey factory, a fun shop, the amazing Giant Shicka section, and an epic final battle. Take it one area at a time, use your checkpoints, and don’t forget to hunt for those 3 hidden stickers. Once you win, a whole new set of bonus levels is waiting for you!