The empowering bee is not listed as a disabled item on NEI, but is definitely disabled. I spent days making this bee for nothing so please add the item so it doesnt happen to anyone else. Please add all other bees that are disabled as well, as I believe the rejuvenating bee is also disabled.
Most magic bees were disabled over 4 months ago, probably longer back. they caused performance issues and the mod author couldnt/wouldnt fix the issue. I also had questions about it. They can be bred, but their magic-effect doesnt work. Obviously this link doesnt help you Monres, but staff can read back here: Minecraft Ticket System - by MineYourMind
The effect of the empowering bee is what is disabled. I understand you can still breed the bee, that is the precise reason I'm so upset. I noticed because i placed a node near 9 empowering industrial apiaries and nothing happened. I realize that the bees are disabled, but my point is that someone needs to tell players this before they spend all their time trying to create them. Some players, like myself, don't check the forums. They play the game to have fun and rely on the in-game NEI to tell them it's disabled. I'm not blaming anyone, but it was really upsetting working so hard to find out all that work was for nothing.
So I did take a closer look and they are disabled on infinity node 6 while you did select infinity normal node 1. I added a tooltip.
I believe the tooltip is now for every bee, while for example the Nexus bee, whose effect makes nodes bright, is still functioning.