This is 100% true as long as human motivations are not factored into play. The equally plausible reverse scenario is that as soon as artificial honey is prefer

This is 100% true as long as human motivations are not factored into play. The equally plausible reverse scenario is that as soon as artificial honey is preferred, bees will be killed off for being useless in the capitalist sense, and the planet will die. Nothing is ever black and white.