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by tom_mellior 1911 days ago
> bees make honey while they're pollinating plants (including our crops), and we depend on that pollination

Domesticated honeybees aren't the best pollinators: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/339/6127/1608 "Overall, wild insects pollinated crops more effectively; an increase in wild insect visitation enhanced fruit set by twice as much as an equivalent increase in honey bee visitation."