The poor bees

I have recently become fascinated by the honey bee and the shear ignorance that people have towards them. Thought of either a pest or something of a factory, the honey bee has been used and abused for the past, I don't know, 150 years, to the point where they have reached their own tipping point and now we are not sure of their future. The "wild" honey bee hardly exists any more here in the USA. Here in the state of Utah, people are encouraged to report any swarm of bees to the state so that it can be removed. After visiting a local bee store, I realized the industrialization of the bee continues at a great pace. I believe the lady that worked there was a persona of some of those involved in the problem. As I myself am working toward starting a hive using the Top Bar Hive model, I feel that we should turn to maintaining the bees not for their honey but for their existence. Returning to the story of the lady at the store, she informed me that I would fail if I used the TBH design and I would return to her store to purchase the Langstroth hive design which is the current standard. I believe that the hive used in itself is causing a problem with the bees. They are usually kept in large colonies where thousands upon millions are kept in several hives. This encourages disease to spread and decreases genetic diversity. The bees do not even have a chance to naturally produce some type of defense against the many things that are killing them. Whether it be the vorroa mite or the chemical pesticides used in big agriculture today, they do not have a chance to get away from these boxes and try and sort things out themselves. The agriculture practices here in this country today must be changed or we will soon reap the consequences. With the collapse of the bee population, we will become dependent on foreign fruit and vegetables or we will have a diet that consists of rice, wheat and corn. In conclusion and to my amazement, very few seem to care. We will continue life as usual, drive our cars, mow our lawns with fuel powered machines, maintain the four wheelers, snowmobiles and other "toys."