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/OnEinsteinBees

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.