That's shitty. I wonder how common this is for non-factory beekeeping, I can think of several ways this could cause significant problems for the bees above and beyond the obvious one.

To be noted that's just a thing that is done commercialy, most beekeepers will not do it and instead will try to have a symbiotic relationship, some (not many ofc) beekeepers will even go as far as letting the bees leave if they want (though, i don't agree to do leave them go because it will disturb the local fauna as they are not native most of the time)

Edit: IIRC they are native to europe and asia so it isn't a big problem in those zones ig

And every harvest comes at the cost of many workers' lives (they defend their reserves and their stinger ripping out kills them). Also they're given sugar in winter to compensate for the honey taken from them.

And replace the honey with sugar water and they become deficient. And also they outcompete native bee populations, causing naturally occuring pollinators to decline

Sounds like an American thing to do.