Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee! Ok, this might not be the Muhammed Ali of the online slot world, but we're buzzing into a game that's bright, colourful, and maybe as sweet as honey itself. Let me introduce you to Bee Hive Bonanza from provider NetEnt Gaming. This is a 5 reel video slot that includes the scatter pays system, a tidy RTP of 96.09%, and wins of up to 5,000x your bet. What do you think? Come on, BEE positive. Ok, Ok, enough with the bee puns, well, maybe.
So what's in store for you in this game, you may ask? Well, it's stacked with features, and these start with the trusty cascading reels that activate once a win has been created. Then we have the Money Bee feature, where multipliers and adders can rack up some memorable wins to stash in your hive. Last but not least is the free spins bonus, where any wins you achieve could be multiplied by up to x5.
Eager to delve deeper into the honeycomb and see what this game is all about? Yeah, me too. So let's crack on and find out more in our full review. Oh, I nearly forgot. There's a free demo slot of Bee Hive Bonanza in our article, so any time you want to practice on the game, you can do so here on the site.
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#AD. 18+ New customers only. The cashback percentage DO NOT change based on the deposit sum. You’ll always receive 15% Cashback on what you’ve lost. You can get 3 cashback as our welcome offer.
18+ new customers only. Deposit, opt in and wager £10 on selected games within 7 days of opening new account. Get 3 x £10 bonuses for selected games with up to 40x wagering plus 100 Free Spins. Bonuses expire in 7 days. Max redeemable from bonuses £750. 100 Free Spins have no wagering and expire in 7 days. Card payments only. T&C's Apply. Begambleaware.org. Please Gamble Responsibly.
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Did you know that bees beat their wings an incredible 11,400 times a minute! Even more staggering is that a hive of bees will have to fly over 55,000 miles to make just 1lb of honey. So think of the hard work that's taken place the next time you're spreading a bit of the sweet stuff onto your morning toast. Interesting facts aside, bees are no strangers to the world of online slotting. In more recent times, Push Gaming's hit slot title Wild Swarm proved to be an incredibly popular release and remains in many a casino lobby to this day. Whilst it's a theme that has been done in the past, it hasn't been milked as much as some genres like " The Book of " slots, for example, so when I saw Netent's Bee Hive Bonanza pop up on my screen with an old English medieval feel to it, I was certainly intrigued to find to more about the game. My initial thoughts, though, were that this was a well designed slot, and a fair bit of thought and effort had gone into its creation.
The next obvious point of interest is the paytable and working out what kind of wins we can expect from the slot. Refreshingly, there's not a royal symbol in sight, and making up the pays of the game, we have 7 different coloured tablets, each featuring the king bee. These vary in colour and are separated into two sections. The low values come first, and in the best possible scenario, these can pay up to 6x if between 22-24 appear on the reels at once. Moving on to the premium pays, these can reward you with as little as 0.4x for scatters of between 6-7, with the highest wins coming from 22-24 landing at once, which pays 8x your bet. Whilst there might be plenty of symbols in general on Bee Hive Bonanza, a wild is not one of them, and you won't find any in play across the base game or bonus features.
Entering the hive and spinning for real money play will cost from a minimum of €0.10 to a maximum of €200. There are over 40 bet sizes to choose from in this range which I have to say is impressive. So regardless of your bankroll size, you'll be able to find a suitable stake. Finally, we come to the return to player percentage, which comes in at a respectable rate of 96.09%.
Set across a playing format of a 5x5 grid, the Bee Hive Bonanza slot operates upon the scatters pay system. So for a win to be created, you will need a minimum of 6 matching symbols to land in view anywhere upon the playfield. As we discussed in the previous section, the more symbols that form the scatter, the bigger the win you will receive.
Perhaps known more commonly as cascading reels, the avalanche feature activates in Bee Hive Bonanza whenever a winning combination of symbols has been formed. To begin with, the winning symbols will explode and disappear from the reels causing all symbols to drop that have spaces below them. New symbols then fall from above to fill gaps left behind and bring your further opportunities to win. These avalanches will only end when you fail to create a new win.
If the base game and free spins bonus, there are bee symbols that can land containing multiplier values of 1x, 2, 5, and 10x. Whilst these cannot pay you a win on their own, they can be added to special Beehive symbols that will award you with a prize. These hives and their capabilities are as follows:
Landing 3, 4, or 5 scatter symbols in play on Bee Hive Bonanza will trigger the main bonus feature and award 10, 15, or 20 free spins, respectively. During this feature, any scatter symbols that land will be added to the collection meter located on the left hand side of the reels. Each time 3 of these honey pot scatters are collected, 2 additional free spins will be awarded and an increase in win multiplier value. Progressing through this meter will award multipliers of x2, x3, x4, and x5, which will be applied to any wins created in the bonus.
If the bonus buy button is active in your jurisdiction, then you'll be able to gain instant access to the free spins feature at the cost of 100x your stake. Activating this option can award you 10, 15, or 20 free spins.
NetEnt Gaming may no longer be the powerhouse that they once were in the online slot market, but now and again, they seem to pop up with a game that's interesting and which shows a bit of promise. Bee Hive Bonanza is one of those slots, and the overall production of the title is fantastic. It was an absolute pleasure to review this one, and it was also enjoyable to play a bonus feature that wasn't over in the blink of an eye. Hopefully, this is the start of a resurgence of the NetEnt brand, but I'm not going to hold my breath just yet.