colony collapse disorder

Bees pollinate $235B in crops yearly. If they vanished, almonds, apples, and coffee would collapse — but humanity wouldn't starve. Here's why.

Bees pollinate roughly one-third of the food we eat. If they vanished, our diets would collapse to staple grains, the prices of fruits, nuts, and vegetables would soar, and entire ecosystems built on flowering plants would unravel within a generation.