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I certainly don't know. Even if we could survive on just those foods, I'd prefer life with more :-) I suspect that if we looked at arable land and calories pe

• rgbrenner 11y ago
  The largest crops in the world are wheat, corn, and rice. None of which depend on bees. This article is interesting: http://www.ent.uga.edu/bees/OnEinsteinBeesandSurvivaloftheHumanRaceHoneyBeeProgramCAESEntomologyUGA.html http://www.ent.uga.edu/bees/OnEinsteinBeesandSurvivaloftheHu... A recent analysis[ii] of yearly crop data maintained by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) from 1961 to 2006 reached some divergent conclusions and shed light on the interacting complexity of the question “How important is animal-vectored pollination?” The authors of the FAO analysis concluded that the proportion of global food production attributable to animal pollination ranges from 5% in industrialized nations to 8% in the developing world. So I think we're going to be fine. Also, it says there's no evidence Einstein actually said the quote.
• thaumasiotes 11y ago
  > I suspect that if we looked at arable land and calories per year by different crops, we'd find that your list can't support the dietary requirements for the 7B people. If it doesn't impact grasses or beans, it can't impact the world's dietary requirements either. Everything else is a garnish compared to those.