Bees absolutely do not create honey in the "Bee hive". I tried put it on a tree and on the ground, but the error does not disappear. No errors happen with the "Bee nest" : the level of honey is increasing.
Also, the bees "freeze" in the air and do not move.
Thank you for your report!
We're actually already tracking this issue in MC-159395, so I resolved and linked this ticket as a duplicate.
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