This post made me wonder to what extent cost/money could be reduced for people who are interesting purely in pollination of their own property or area and don't

This post made me wonder to what extent cost/money could be reduced for people who are interesting purely in pollination of their own property or area and don't particularly care about actually harvesting any honey ever. It seemed like without being disturbed or having any of their honey taken, perhaps the convenience factor could be raised a bit which might let more people just have bees around as part of general landscaping. I've got a good few dozen semi-rural acres, there are bee friendly flowers, no pesticide usage, and for a low enough effort/investment I and I think plenty of others would be happy to contribute to the environment if it'd help. But so far I haven't found a lot of solutions aimed specifically at this area, so I'd love to hear from anyone who has done this. It seems there are some old hive styles called skeps that are illegal for honey usage (since the hive is destroyed for harvesting) but would be fine if you don't plan to ever disturb them, but a straw basket doesn't look very durable over more then a year or two either nor do I think it'd work over a northern winter? It sounds like mites and diseases are always a risk factor which makes sense, but what comes after? If a hive setup was cheap enough it could simply be tossed (and burned/composted if it was all appropriate materials), but what is the sterilization procedure for something heavier duty? Some sort of toolless to disassemble metal general frame&body with wood/straw/whatever disposable insides seems like it'd be reliable: in the event of colony death since the natural bee interface bits could be replaced with fresh and the overall main box/framework could be put in a dishwasher or flat out baked in an oven for total sterilization. I don't know if anything like that exists, or if it makes more sense to go another direction and just use a bleach solution or whatever. The other big suggestion I found for pollination-only, and the one that seems the most promising, is to forget about honeybees entirely and consider mason bees instead [1]. While it seems they won't survive a winter and need to be taken inside and refrigerated instead [2], they look extremely low effort and use very simple "hives" (they're solitary, so just blocks or tubes appear to be fine). I'd never heard of them until researching just now though, so perhaps they should get mentioned more in articles like this. I think a significant slice of the public at least in principle could be enlisted to help out if given a clear path to do so, but are intimidated by the thought about the work that goes into maintaining real honey hives for honey. Those serve a real place and I know a lot of bee hobbyists enjoy it immensely, but pure-pollination efforts might be an area to explore or invest more in public outreach on? There is the inevitable question of "what can I do", and while some stuff is obvious harm-reduction territory (if you use pesticides, stop) proactive best practices seem less well known. ---- 1: https://smalltownhomestead.com/keeping-bees-for-pollination-without-honey/ https://smalltownhomestead.com/keeping-bees-for-pollination-... 2: https://raintreenursery.com/plantcare/2013/11/preparing-your-mason-bees-for-winter/ https://raintreenursery.com/plantcare/2013/11/preparing-your...