If all the honeybees in the world are gone will we die?

Question

i have heard this on the st.Louis news now for a week is it true?

Answer 1

Published on Thursday, May 3, 2007 by Associated Press
Honeybee Die-Off Threatens Food Supply
by Seth Borenstein
BELTSVILLE, Md. - Unless someone or something stops it soon, the mysterious killer that is
wiping out many of the nation’s honeybees could have a devastating effect on America’s dinner
plate, perhaps even reducing us to a glorified bread-and-water diet.
Honeybees don’t just make honey; they pollinate more than 90 of the tastiest flowering crops we
have. Among them: apples, nuts, avocados, soybeans, asparagus, broccoli, celery, squash and
cucumbers. And lots of the really sweet and tart stuff, too, including citrus fruit, peaches, kiwi,
cherries, blueberries, cranberries, strawberries, cantaloupe and other melons.
In fact, about one-third of the human diet comes from insect-pollinated plants, and the honeybee
is responsible for 80 percent of that pollination, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Even cattle, which feed on alfalfa, depend on bees. So if the collapse worsens, we could end up
being “stuck with grains and water,” said Kevin Hackett, the national program leader for USDA’s
bee and pollination program.
“This is the biggest general threat to our food supply,” Hackett said.
While not all scientists foresee a food crisis, noting that large-scale bee die-offs have happened
before, this one seems particularly baffling and alarming.

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Answer 2

No, it is not true. Some crops, especially fruit, require bees to pollinate. But other crops, like corn, do not need any insect help at all. So we would just have to eat different foods is all bees vanished.

But I do not believe all bees will vanish. They are not anywhere near the endangered point yet. And even truly endangered species have made comebacks.

Answer 3

We're all going to die from stress caused by the news media. Forget about it. Go over to Tuomo's, have yourself some toasted ravioli and maybe some tiramisu and live life with a smile on your face.

Answer 4

Einstein said we got 4 years after the bees had gone ,but he also never figured out about about the string theory,so his word is not gospel

Answer 5

Those that are dieing the Africans version is doing fine and they are a lot meaner.

Answer 6

die from what?

plenty of bees

so whats the bee killer

wrong news so just ignore it

Answer 7

Well, possibly. We will have to adapt to eating grain and water diet. I just hope we find out what is causing this.