I've started keeping my own chemical-free bees. My hope is to build a healthy apiary of local bees that casts swarms, which will help replenish the wild bee population around me.
Where I live, feral honeybees are an extremely damaging invasive species, causing huge declines in both native pollinators (by taking their food) and native birds (by taking their nest sites).
Feral honeybees also threaten domestic honeybees by spreading diseases. Up until recently, we were 100% free of verroa mites, but now they are spreading through feral populations and will cause major population losses of domestic bees.
Definitely go ahead, this is a great thing to do! Just positng this as a hint :)