This headline feels like an extreme exaggeration. > They declared that bees are the most important living being on the planet, and for good reason. Why not cy

This headline feels like an extreme exaggeration. > They declared that bees are the most important living being on the planet, and for good reason. Why not cyanobacteria? You can have bacteria without bees, but you can't have bees without oxygen. > The Science Times reports that 70% of the world’s agriculture is dependent on pollination that happens exclusively by bees. Bees may do many different things but pollinating plants, allowing them to reproduce is by far their most important. Without pollination, those plants would disappear quickly. Wheat, rice, maize, cassava, and potatoes don't depend on bees for reproduction. These plants account for a majority of humanity's caloric intake. > Bees are the only living thing on earth that doesn’t carry any type of pathogen, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deformed_wing_virus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deformed_wing_virus