Haste II Beacon not working

Solution 1:

So, as Fabian suggested in the comments, I missed a step.

  1. Build the beacon, and the appropriate pyramid size.
  2. Choose your enchantment from the left side to add it to the list of available enchantments
  3. Select it from the right side to "turn it on".
  4. Power it with an item.

I missed step 3.

I still don't understand why the effect appeared on my HUD, when it had not properly been selected in the beacon, it may be a bug, but I don't know.