Typically bees are used for honey or pollination, not both. Benefits to the local farms from a honey operation like this are a positive externality. If farmers

Typically bees are used for honey or pollination, not both. Benefits to the local farms from a honey operation like this are a positive externality. If farmers were (knowingly) relying on it they'll hire pollinators (as they would if they honey people weren't there), not let the crops fail.