I had this happen to me today on Windows 10 Bedrock 1.16.20 when I used a silk touch axe to chop down a hive that was directly over (no gap) a campfire. I replaced the hive and chopped it again and it worked without enraging the bees. So it doesn't seem to happen every time.
Just had this happen to me today and the "open chat" fix worked for me on Windows 10. (Thanks Axel!) I waited in chat for a little while (maybe a minute or two) before I closed out of the game and when I tried to load it again, it worked. 🙂
doesn't work on 1.16.210