On Bees Giving Up on Hive Living

I am reading this morning that too many bees have taken to divorcing the hive and going their own way, largely in favor of academic pursuits, abandoning the old bee ways, letting hives fall apart. Some people say it's a neurotoxin causing it, and that it's a disaster for the food chain, but I am confident the bees will come up, through their studies, with a good way to automate and off-shore pollination.