Without Bees...

[pntballa18]

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The trees/flowers/plants do do a lot of the conversions, actually. Most of it (around 90% I think) is done by protists.

I think we can go without a couple of flowers.

[archbishopjabber]

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What you fail to understand is how complicated the ecosystem is. If you have ever heard of the butterfly effect, one tiny change can send the system radically out of control, and this has been mathematically proven. Of course, nothing major could come of it or the ecosystem could readjust itself but we will have no more honey for our tea : (

My solution is: Robotic Bees

[jellygod]

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its fine with me the hell with bees im deadly allergic to them lol. i almost died when i was 5 from a beesting, i got rushed to the emergency room and barely survived.

[purebloodtexan]

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You'd have to create radiation-resistant robotic bees, in that case.

Also, have they made an attempt to measure how much radiation is being put out by cellular phones?

[T3hDDRKid]

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Certainly four years is lower than how long we would actually survive. However, the concept is absolutely correct. Bees don't only pollinate flowers. They pollinate trees, as well. Whatever is above bees in the food chain would be hit hard, as well, causing their population to lower [and in turn, affecting the animals above those.]

Fast-forward about half a century. Lack of trees, flowers, and other plants has caused carbon emissions to build up, accelerating global warming and causing the ice caps to mostly melt. Coastlines are being flooded constantly, greatly affecting crop supplies. Most of Africa is likely dead from lack of food, because really, if America gives Africa minimal food now, how do you think we'll react when our crops are underwater? Likely, my home near the Great Lakes would be underwater, but Americans more in the Great Plains region would probably be able to grow crops enough to sustain themselves. Considering that nowhere in Western Europe is less than 50 miles from water, that would get mauled by the rising oceans.

So that went on for much longer than I expected, but I'm just a doomsday prophet, I suppose. The point is, bees being gone would effin hurt.

[purebloodtexan]

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I hope this isn't another situation where we say "We ought to do something!"......and then sit back down and resume doing senseless tasks.

Maybe not "we", but those that actually have the power to do something about it. Call me a hippy if you want, but I'd actually like our race to prosper until the global flood.