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Re:Largest-ever study of controversial pesticides finds harm... by dEnigma on Monday July 03, 2017 @08:08AM (#14687650)
In one small edge case. I doubt it would be as easy to pollinate everything by hand.
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Re:Largest-ever study of controversial pesticides finds harm... by mikeash on Monday July 03, 2017 @12:26PM (#14689462)
Gotta love HN comments.

"We could hand pollinate, but that would really suck."

"OMG how could you say that, hand pollination would be awful!"

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Re:Largest-ever study of controversial pesticides finds harm... by dEnigma on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @03:56AM (#14694282)
You're right, I shouldn't have made that understatement. What I actually meant was "impossible" instead of "not that easy".
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Re:Largest-ever study of controversial pesticides finds harm... by logfromblammo on Monday July 03, 2017 @03:09PM (#14690628)
"Would really suck" is a bit of an understatement.

But on the upside, >= 80% labor participation rate!

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Re:Largest-ever study of controversial pesticides finds harm... by crimsonalucard on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @03:14PM (#14697697)
It's not even an edge case. Almost all of the worlds' vanilla flavor is synthesized artificially.

The best example of hand pollination is China where the entire bee population is basically decimated. Almost all of Chinas' farms ALREADY use hand pollination.

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Re:Largest-ever study of controversial pesticides finds harm... by maxerickson on Saturday July 08, 2017 @03:01PM (#14726713)
Soy is self pollinating.

Corn, rice and wheat wind pollinate (along with a lot of other grains).

So most calorie production doesn't depend on insect pollination. Vegetables and fruits tend to though.

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