Decline of Species That Pollinate Poses a Threat to Global Food Supply

Re:Decline of Species That Pollinate Poses a Threat to Globa... by hga on Friday February 26, 2016 @08:21AM (#11181190)

In this context, it's more a jobs thing, the basic foods which supply the calories which keep us from starving to death don't require pollinators, or at least bees. As I recall, going down the list, onions were the only one I'd really miss: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_crop_plants_pollinated...

Note also that in the US honeybees are an invasive/cultivated species brought over from Europe, their travails are akin to those of, say, the turkeys and chickens that have been suffering from/culled due to avian flu last year.

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Re:Decline of Species That Pollinate Poses a Threat to Globa... by 01Michael10 on Friday February 26, 2016 @08:43AM (#11181287)

What? You don't think this is an issue because your McDonald's diet doesn't require fruits and vegetables? You need more than calories but also a thing called nutrients. That's your standard for a quality life? Well, I am not staving to death...

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Re:Decline of Species That Pollinate Poses a Threat to Globa... by hga on Friday February 26, 2016 @03:49PM (#11184123)

Without looking for veggies that don't need pollinators, in a pinch, sprout your grain, although that won't take care of your Vitamin C requirement. Better, as some POWs held by the Japanese in WWII did, use a bacteria or mold to convert the starch to sugar, then culture yeast in that. By the end of the war, they were healthier than their guards.

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