Scientists identify culprit behind biggest-ever U.S. honey bee die-off

All the major staple crops are wind pollinated, not insect pollinated.

The ultimate solution to this problem will be going back to a suite of native pollinators rather than depending on non-native honeybees.

While fruits, vegetables and nuts can be pollinated by wind, that won't work at the scale and yields that our aggro-industrial complex needs. If it weren't required, almond growers wouldn't pay to have millions of hives transported to California each year to pollinate their trees.