Top 10 Things That Would Happen if BEES DIED OUT

In the 1990s, beekeepers started recording major losses of worker honeybees during the winter months. Since then, there have been mass die offs in many of the other 4,000 species of bees. In 2006, the phenomenon was bestowed with the name colony collapse disorder. No one is exactly sure why the bees are dying off in unprecedented numbers, but some theories include the loss of flower meadows, varroa mites that eat the bees’ blood, climate change, and the use of pesticides. Thankfully, bees are a long way from becoming extinct. Which is good, because as this list shows, it could be disastrous for humanity.

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10. Honey Will Disappear
9. Many Fruits and Vegetables Will Stop Growing
8. Pollination by Humans
7. Dairy Products Would Disappear
6. Cotton Wouldn’t Grow
5. What Will We Eat in a Post-Bee World?
4. Food Costs Will Sky Rocket
3. Malnutrition Will Be a Huge Problem
2. Possible Worldwide Economic Crash
1. Famines Throughout the World

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[notmariiya]

We would die 3 years after bees go extinct.... That's scary..

[annettefournier]

I use 2 lbs. of raw honey a month in the winter months alone just for me. I hand pollinated my vegetable and fruit gardens this year BECAUSE of no need. some began to arrive in mid June bit not many. there is only certsin time of the day to do this and you have to know what male and female blossoms look like. plus a lot of dedication to the plants. I was lucky to have an over abundance of fruit and veg produced. Canned a lot! Gave a lot to all my neighbors. Guess I'll hang onto my old jeans and hoodies too. My first year gardening too. Darn it!

[VincentThieu]

Seem like those whose disliked this video does NOT wear anything, eat anything, consume anything Bees related.
We have found the superior human race guys.

[PMW]

sweet things are made from bees, who am I to disagree?

[brandonxo]

save those little stinging jerks! they make my food.

[Afrikoe]

Moreover, the British broadcasting company would just be called "the C".
When bees are gone...

[Sentinalh]

Bayer doesn't give a shit, they'll kill all the bees just to make some extra dough

[clubvillain]

Stop Pesticides destroying bees by farmers

[NinjasticFlare]

Yeah. I've noticed the lack of bees around this summer. It's upsetting.

[sunitabhandari]

Let's save bees, even small efforts of every individual counts a lot.

[kalamari]

"Beef prices will go through the roof." So McDonald's will stay the same, huh?

[kjhoyt]

Isn't it funny that the 4 grain crops are crops that Monsanto/ADM has a stranglehold on?

[snailballz]

I bees disappear scientists would try to increase the population of butterflies

[itzanepicdude_]

A message to save the bees: bees have been dying out the past few years, and because of us! Don't kill bees, even if they're bothering you, we need them!

[spacecadet]

Save the bees!

Boycott anything made by Beyer!

Hurt their profits and they start listening.

[mytoplists]

looks like bees are actually very vital. already knew this but it's good to see all the things that will happen anyways

[GarionHines]

Hemp is wind-pollinated and can be used to make clothing, oil, building materials, fuels and animal feed. Hemp seeds are a complete protein source, high in vitamins and minerals and essential fatty acids.Then there are mushrooms which are wind-fertilized and contain protein, fibre, vitamins minerals and carbs.

Can you do the top ten uses of hemp? I think you will be pleasantly surprised

[illusivec]

Mostly true. Except for a small detail. We could make very efficient artificial pollination machines with little difficulty. The reason we haven't is simple. Thanks to bees we don't need to.

I predict that if all bees were to disappear right now, we'd have a though winter, by the next spring there would be thousands of manufacturers offering millions of pollinating machines and everything would pretty much go back to normal.

[corrinjade]

Bat houses! install a bat box instead of spraying chemicals and pesticides. They eat the mosquitoes and crop insects at night. They're good for the eco system and also going endangered as well. They are nature's pesticide.

[lkhjsdfg]

Companies like Bayer and Monsanto that directly caused this problem with nicotinoids will thrive because of it.