Summary: I used a tool enchanted with silk touch to harvest a bee nest immediately after watching two bees enter the nest. When I placed the nest in its new location, there were no bees.
I haven't tried to reproduce this, but here are the steps I took to get to this state originally.
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There's a ruined portal on the surface at X:243 Y:66 Z:-249. I looted the chest, which has a golden shovel enchanted with silk touch.
I headed to X:319 Y:70 Z:-264, where a bee nest is located.
I cleared out some leaves in front of the entrance, after which two bees flew out.
I waited until both bees were sated at nearby flowers and re-entered the nest.
Then I used the silk touch shovel to break the nest. The icon said merely "Bee Nest" when I grabbed the nest. I thought it was supposed to have the count of bees, but I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, thinking it was probably just a labeling issue.
I grew a tree back home and placed the nest. There were no bees. I waited several game days to be sure; no bees.
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Please provide some screenshots or videos of this issue occurring whilst the F3 debug screen is enabled.
This may or may not be related:
Today I planted a birch tree with flowers nearby, and eventually a bee nest spawned. However, there were no bees, just the nest. There's no lava nearby, so I don't think the bee(s) could have died, and it had only been a few minutes (real time) since I planted it.
I have no way to reproduce this, however. So, this is FYI only.
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