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While fruits, vegetables and nuts can be pollinated by wind, that won't work at the scale and yields that our aggro-industrial complex needs. If it weren't requ
by snarf21 1y ago
While fruits, vegetables and nuts can be pollinated by wind, that won't work at the scale and yields that our aggro-industrial complex needs. If it weren't required, almond growers wouldn't pay to have millions of hives transported to California each year to pollinate their trees.
- pfdietz 1y agoI said staple crops (which is relevant when someone is claiming that "bees die" implies "we all starve"). It would be very sad to not have insect pollinated crops, but it wouldn't be an existential disaster.
- gausswho 1y agoAside from almonds what other crops are most bee-dependent?
- snarf21 1y agoBlueberries, Cherries, Apples, Cranberries, Avocados, Melons, Cucumbers, Squash & Pumpkins are heavily dependent on bees but other crops use them too.