When I was 7, my (amazing) elementary schoolteacher told us about bees. I went back home and told my father that I wanted to beekeep. He knew how stubborn I was back then and decided to fulfill my request. For the past ~35 years, he has been a very successful beekeeper (as a hobby), and I spent half of that time more or less helping him, and learning a ton about bees.

I can tell you that bees are fascinating, and that indeed learning about them makes you appreciate nature in general, and how everything is tied together.

I don't know if it's a general rule, but if you are a parent, please consider beekeeping as a way to teach many invaluable things to your kids. If you have no physical space to do that, befriend someone with a small space in the countryside and beekeep there. It's not hard. It will be immensely rewarding. And the honey you will "steal" from these bees will be the tastiest thing ever.