The amount of dignity, respect, care and love that beekeepers put into their occupation, the meat industry needs to do the same, amirite?

Care to explain? At what point do you think that they don't care about their product?

Yea, I like me some honey baked ham.

Agreed. Farmers tend to do that as well, the big corporations are the worst abusers of animal rights. (Especially poultry). The smaller the farm, the more care and humane treatment is applied.