So Laline Paull's novel The Bee's could be more important than we know in educating ourselves and raising awareness a little about Bees. It would however be a much changed world and many of the things we take for granted now wouldn't be around. Butterflies also do their bit for plant pollination too. Yes we could survive such an event, after all Wheat, Barley, Rice and Corn are all pollinated by the wind. But thats just the tip of the iceberg, without the plants those animals that eat such plants would die out too. 70 of the 100 crop species that feed 90% of the world. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN Bee's are responsible for pollinating around $200 billion worth of crops globally. Sadly this new understanding is partly as a result of all the extra research due to the fact that so many Bee colonies are dying out (an occurrence known as Colony Collapse Disorder or CCD). We've been collecting their honey for over 15,000 years and we are just beginning to understand just how important to our survival those little insects are. Those that practice apiculture are becoming worth their weight in gold (or bees). Bees are quite complicated little creatures and most of us know very little about them.
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