too much hassle and they only produce honey (sugar).
I would rather just grow my tomatoes and fruit trees with no effort and get fruit that I like a lot more than honey.
I didnt get into beekeeping for the honey. I have a sizable garden and a handful of fruit trees, and having reliable pollination greatly increases crop yield. Bees are more work than a lot of people expect though. I'd say I spend maybe an hour per week checking bees (takes me about 2 hours every other week) for the most part though, and that seems to be pretty standard unless you find something wrong, then you need to spend more time.
thats a good point but I get more than enough yield from my few trees and plants. More than I could ever eat.