I guess it is a bug because i allready used that technology in older Projects on Xbox. But it is possible that this "Feature" was removed by updating from the consolversion to bedrockversion. If this was the Case im sorry for the wrong bugreport.
The smoke is only visual for the Player but does not infact any block or structure. As you can read in the Wiki, the campfire has to be placed right under the beehive to interact with.
I guess it is a bug because i allready used that technology in older Projects on Xbox. But it is possible that this "Feature" was removed by updating from the consolversion to bedrockversion. If this was the Case im sorry for the wrong bugreport.