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humanodon  ·  4132 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: There is no bee crisis

    Even if all bees were to die (which they are not), other insects would step in and take over a large part of the pollination.

Maybe, but it wouldn't happen overnight. Also, what constitutes "a large part of the pollination"? That could easily exclude staple crops.





AnSionnachRua  ·  4132 days ago  ·  link  ·  

But the bees wouldn't die overnight either.

humanodon  ·  4132 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, that should be implied by what I'm saying. If there are other pollinators that would easily fill the niche bees hold, why aren't they in competition with bees at the moment?