For about a month I've had this issue, I first noticed it in a realm I am on. I was moving items from one chest to another when the Bee Nest wouldn't move from my hotbar to the chest. So I tried to; place it, drop it, break blocks or harm mobs with it but nothing happened. It will drop upon death but if I pick it up it happens again. I've tried my other world and even accessed the realm on Pocket Edition, the problem persisted. I know others have had similar issues, so I waited for the latest Hotfix to see if any update occured, sadly there's been no change. Hopefully this issue gets resolved soon.