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You have a point. There are wind pollinated plants. It is not entirely clear though how effective the pollination would be for those plants without bees. But
by neonihil 5y ago
You have a point. There are wind pollinated plants.
It is not entirely clear though how effective the pollination would be for those plants without bees.
But these crops do require bees. Coffee is one of them! Just saying.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_crop_plants_pollinated_by_bees https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_crop_plants_pollinated...
- pfdietz 5y agoWhy should bees have anything to do with wind pollinated plants? The plants are not optimized for attracting insects or depositing pollen on them. So, no, I don't think these plants require bees. Coffee has actual insect-attracting flowers and is clearly insect pollinated, unlike the major staple crops. From your link: "Most staple food grains, like corn, wheat, rice, soybean and sorghum, need no insect help at all; they are wind or self-pollinated."