We definitely need to explore this problem in depth because if the bees will go extinct then humanity will follow soon...
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We definitely need to explore this problem in depth because if the bees will go extinct then humanity will follow soon...
At the moment there is no risk of that happening any time soon.
Industrial beekeeping techniques (like splitting hives during the off-season, industrial production of queens, etc,...) are capable of replacing all the lost colonies on a yearly basis. It is however driving up the price of pollination.
And ofcourse, if the problem would turn worse, a time will come when we can't keep up with the rate of bees dying off, at which time things will become dire indeed.