If you destroy a bee nest or a beehive, if the honey level is NOT 0, it will cause to give you the bee nest or the bee hive if you are in creative mode. Even if the bee is inside it.
Also, it happens even if you (+NBT) the bee nest or bee hive and place the bee hive or bee nest to destroy them. Also, the various bee nests and beehives in the inventory will not be stackable, like if they are different blocks, even knowing that more than one bee nests are the same blocks, or the bee hives.
Last, if you type /kill @e[type=bee] and a bee is inside the bee nest or the bee hive, the bee inside the bee hive or bee nest will not die.
The versions are: 1.15, 1.15.1, 1.15.2, 1.16, 1.16.1, 1.16.2 Pre-release 1
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We're tracking this issue as MC-160457, so this ticket is being resolved and linked as a duplicate.
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