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[K4el]

The wiki suggests that a hive will be killed as a result of honey harvesting. Has this been everyone's experience with beekeeping?

http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Hive

Populated hives will produce a honeycomb and a royal jelly at some point in time after they become ready to be split. If the hive is toggled to "gather any products," a beekeeper will harvest the honeycomb and royal jelly, assuming he has access to a suitable jug in which to put the royal jelly. This process kills the bees. Royal jelly can be eaten or cooked, and the honeycomb is processed at a screw press workshop to yield wax and honey.

[Sutremaine]

Yeah, the dwarf brings a jug to the hive and cleans it out. You end up with a honeycomb and a jug full of royal jelly in the hive 'building', and an empty hive. The bees themselves vanish into thin air.

[ThirdSpartacus]

Make sure to have more hives split before harvesting them.
Bee-harvesting is a one time job, as your beekeeper dwarves will splice open each individual bee and dump their honey organs into a large pot when harvesting honey.

Surprised? Yeah.
Don't ask where the honeycombs come from.