Washington crews destroy first U.S. “murder hornet” nest

Re:Washington crews destroy first U.S. “murder hornet” nest by maxerickson on Sunday October 25, 2020 @04:28PM (#24889624)

Calorie crops mostly self pollinate or similar (wheat, corn, soy, etc). Bees don't matter there.

For things like apples, it's actually affordable to pay humans to do it. Which is not to say that bee's aren't better than humans in most ways, just that it doesn't come down to 'no options'.

And like other people are saying, honeybees are livestock, they aren't 'nature'.

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Re:Washington crews destroy first U.S. “murder hornet” nest by HarryHirsch on Sunday October 25, 2020 @05:14PM (#24889933)

It's clear you are mixing up vanilla and most every kind of fruit tree. One is a high-value, low-volume speciality crop, the other is the exact opposite. Pollinating a cherry orchard! Dude, you go first!

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Re:Washington crews destroy first U.S. “murder hornet” nest by maxerickson on Sunday October 25, 2020 @06:28PM (#24890608)

I'm not saying it would be a good situation to end up in, I'm saying it is economically viable (so we'd still have fruit).

Hand pollination of apples is already sometimes done in China.

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Re:Washington crews destroy first U.S. “murder hornet” nest by ganafagol on Monday October 26, 2020 @03:30AM (#24893629)

Dude you need to look up the definition of "economically viable".

You seem to be speaking from an unquantifiably elevated position of privilege.

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