diff --git a/Spigot-Server-Patches/0420-Prevent-bees-loading-chunks-checking-hive-position.patch b/Spigot-Server-Patches/0420-Prevent-bees-loading-chunks-checking-hive-position.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6eaab56fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Spigot-Server-Patches/0420-Prevent-bees-loading-chunks-checking-hive-position.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+From c8fb0f10a59a80ced169f7b82aa795e315a761f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: William Blake Galbreath <Blake.Galbreath@GMail.com>
+Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2020 17:24:34 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH] Prevent bees loading chunks checking hive position
+
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityBee.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityBee.java
+index fb1c0a96..829aab7f 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityBee.java
++++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityBee.java
+@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ public class EntityBee extends EntityAnimal implements EntityBird {
+         if (!this.hasHivePos()) {
+             return false;
+         } else {
++            if (world.getChunkIfLoadedImmediately(hivePos.getX() >> 4, hivePos.getZ() >> 4) == null) return true; // Paper - just assume the hive is still there, no need to load the chunk(s)
+             TileEntity tileentity = this.world.getTileEntity(this.hivePos);
+ 
+             return tileentity != null && tileentity.getTileType() == TileEntityTypes.BEEHIVE;
+-- 
+2.24.0
+