Thanks, I will not argue with the productivity results for modern industrial agriculture, but the "more profitable" claim is complex. Because modern AG is based on a few commodity grains and those commodities command a world price most farmers have steep global competition. Only the biggest farmers with the largest fields make money and even those are supported by the government through subsidies.

Subsidies are important because they not only are a transfer to rural areas (helping to balance the productivity gains of industrialism), but they also moderate the swings in food prices for the population as a whole. The adverse side of these subsidies is that they are propping up a fragile agricultural system that needs to innovate for resilience and sustainability.

Bees are a long term goal of mine also!