--- a/net/minecraft/server/TileEntityBeehive.java
+++ b/net/minecraft/server/TileEntityBeehive.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     private final List<TileEntityBeehive.HiveBee> bees = Lists.newArrayList();
     @Nullable
     public BlockPosition flowerPos = null;
+    public int maxBees = 3; // CraftBukkit - allow setting max amount of bees a hive can hold
 
     public TileEntityBeehive() {
         super(TileEntityTypes.BEEHIVE);
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@
     }
 
     public boolean isFull() {
-        return this.bees.size() == 3;
+        return this.bees.size() == this.maxBees; // CraftBukkit
     }
 
     public void a(@Nullable EntityHuman entityhuman, IBlockData iblockdata, TileEntityBeehive.ReleaseStatus tileentitybeehive_releasestatus) {
@@ -77,11 +78,17 @@
 
     }
 
-    private List<Entity> a(IBlockData iblockdata, TileEntityBeehive.ReleaseStatus tileentitybeehive_releasestatus) {
+    // CraftBukkit start - This allows us to bypass the night/rain/emergency check
+    private List<Entity> a(IBlockData iblockdata, TileEntityBeehive.ReleaseStatus tileentitybeehive_releasestatus) { // PAIL rename releaseBees
+        return releaseBees(iblockdata, tileentitybeehive_releasestatus, false);
+    }
+
+    public List<Entity> releaseBees(IBlockData iblockdata, TileEntityBeehive.ReleaseStatus tileentitybeehive_releasestatus, boolean force) {
         List<Entity> list = Lists.newArrayList();
 
         this.bees.removeIf((tileentitybeehive_hivebee) -> {
-            return this.a(iblockdata, tileentitybeehive_hivebee.entityData, list, tileentitybeehive_releasestatus);
+            return this.releaseBee(iblockdata, tileentitybeehive_hivebee.entityData, list, tileentitybeehive_releasestatus, force);
+            // CraftBukkit end
         });
         return list;
     }
@@ -107,7 +114,19 @@
     }
 
     public void a(Entity entity, boolean flag, int i) {
-        if (this.bees.size() < 3) {
+        if (this.bees.size() < this.maxBees) { // CraftBukkit
+            // CraftBukkit start
+            if (this.world != null) {
+                org.bukkit.event.entity.EntityEnterBlockEvent event = new org.bukkit.event.entity.EntityEnterBlockEvent(entity.getBukkitEntity(), org.bukkit.craftbukkit.block.CraftBlock.at(world, getPosition()));
+                org.bukkit.Bukkit.getPluginManager().callEvent(event);
+                if (event.isCancelled()) {
+                    if (entity instanceof EntityBee) {
+                        ((EntityBee) entity).setCannotEnterHiveTicks(400);
+                    }
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+            // CraftBukkit end
             entity.stopRiding();
             entity.ejectPassengers();
             NBTTagCompound nbttagcompound = new NBTTagCompound();
@@ -132,10 +151,16 @@
         }
     }
 
-    private boolean a(IBlockData iblockdata, NBTTagCompound nbttagcompound, @Nullable List<Entity> list, TileEntityBeehive.ReleaseStatus tileentitybeehive_releasestatus) {
+    // CraftBukkit start - This allows us to bypass the night/rain/emergency check
+    private boolean a(IBlockData iblockdata, NBTTagCompound nbttagcompound, @Nullable List<Entity> list, TileEntityBeehive.ReleaseStatus tileentitybeehive_releasestatus) { // PAIL rename releaseBee
+        return releaseBee(iblockdata, nbttagcompound, list, tileentitybeehive_releasestatus, false);
+    }
+
+    private boolean releaseBee(IBlockData iblockdata, NBTTagCompound nbttagcompound, @Nullable List<Entity> list, TileEntityBeehive.ReleaseStatus tileentitybeehive_releasestatus, boolean force) {
         BlockPosition blockposition = this.getPosition();
 
-        if ((this.world.isNight() || this.world.isRaining()) && tileentitybeehive_releasestatus != TileEntityBeehive.ReleaseStatus.EMERGENCY) {
+        if (!force && (this.world.isNight() || this.world.isRaining()) && tileentitybeehive_releasestatus != TileEntityBeehive.ReleaseStatus.EMERGENCY) {
+            // CraftBukkit end
             return false;
         } else {
             nbttagcompound.remove("Passengers");
@@ -163,6 +188,7 @@
                     if (!entity.getEntityType().a(TagsEntity.BEEHIVE_INHABITORS)) {
                         return false;
                     } else {
+                        if (!this.world.addEntity(entity, org.bukkit.event.entity.CreatureSpawnEvent.SpawnReason.BEEHIVE)) return false; // CraftBukkit - SpawnReason, moved from below
                         if (entity instanceof EntityBee) {
                             EntityBee entitybee = (EntityBee) entity;
 
@@ -196,7 +222,7 @@
                         BlockPosition blockposition2 = this.getPosition();
 
                         this.world.playSound((EntityHuman) null, (double) blockposition2.getX(), (double) blockposition2.getY(), (double) blockposition2.getZ(), SoundEffects.BLOCK_BEEHIVE_EXIT, SoundCategory.BLOCKS, 1.0F, 1.0F);
-                        return this.world.addEntity(entity);
+                        return true; // return this.world.addEntity(entity); // CraftBukkit - moved up
                     }
                 } else {
                     return false;
@@ -223,6 +249,11 @@
                 if (this.a(iblockdata, nbttagcompound, (List) null, tileentitybeehive_releasestatus)) {
                     iterator.remove();
                 }
+                // CraftBukkit start
+                else {
+                    tileentitybeehive_hivebee.ticksInHive = tileentitybeehive_hivebee.minOccupationTicks / 2; // Not strictly Vanilla behaviour in cases where bees cannot spawn but still reasonable
+                }
+                // CraftBukkit end
             } else {
                 tileentitybeehive_hivebee.ticksInHive++;
             }
@@ -266,6 +297,11 @@
             this.flowerPos = GameProfileSerializer.c(nbttagcompound.getCompound("FlowerPos"));
         }
 
+        // CraftBukkit start
+        if (nbttagcompound.hasKey("Bukkit.MaxEntities")) {
+            this.maxBees = nbttagcompound.getInt("Bukkit.MaxEntities");
+        }
+        // CraftBukkit end
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -275,6 +311,7 @@
         if (this.x()) {
             nbttagcompound.set("FlowerPos", GameProfileSerializer.a(this.flowerPos));
         }
+        nbttagcompound.setInt("Bukkit.MaxEntities", this.maxBees); // CraftBukkit
 
         return nbttagcompound;
     }