My father took up bee-keeping after he retired, and absolutely loved it. My mother and I weren't too happy about it at the time, but the fresh honey was cool and the bees mostly kept to themselves. I didn't get stung a single time from them. There's a whole community out there for beekeeping, but it's mostly old dudes.
I also got to witness a "swarming" where the queen leaves the hive and then all the bees congregate onto her in order to protect her. We had a new tree started in our yard that she landed on, near the upper middle of the tree, and it was approximately a 3-4 inch diamater at the base. There were so many bees that it buckled the tree over in a U shape. We had to call a professional in for that one to get her back into the hive.
Anyways, helping the bee population in and of itself is a good thing right now since everything is killing it.