Christmas Wish List for Carnies

While looking over my Christmas gift idea list, I was considering something Jim had mentioned that I had jotted down. He'd expressed interest in learning about keeping bees. It isn't surprising, as he is always interested in learning new hobbies, loves the outdoors, he likes all kinds of animals, and loves honey.
Upon research however, I learned that beekeeping may not in fact be a good hobby for someone that is gone from home for 8 months (or more) out of the year. I read that one needs to consider the time required for keeping bees about the same per hive as caring for a cat.
Since we have a cat, that is easy to understand. Of course, she can't stay home by herself for extended periods and so she travels with us. So... could we keep bees on the road? I suppose we could keep the hive outside our trailer, and it might even help with vandalism! Imagine the pesky local come looking for something to steal and hock, only to come away with a face full of startled bees!
Over the jump, however, things might get difficult. I suppose we'd have to load the hive into the back of Jim's SUV? They'd be riding in the back of the car, buzz buzz buzz-ing away. Some of these jumps are 300 miles or more, so we'd have to let the bees out for food and water. How could we be sure they'd come back? Jim let the cat get out of the car at a truck stop once, and had to get a stranger to open the hood of her car for him to pry her out. I would imagine doing that with the bees would be even trickier. Maybe a big net would help?
Would the cat get along with the bees? That's where the plan falls apart, because our cat already considers herself the Queen Bee of the household. No, on second thought, I just don't see her relinquishing her crown and title for the actual queen bee. I suppose I'll have to get more creative and come up with a better gift idea.