Is it true that if bees were to disappear from the earth completely that humans would have only four years to live?

Answer 1

There is a quotation: "If honey bees died out, mankind would only have four years to live." This is supposedly attributed to Albert Einstein, though it is very unlikely to be his.
However, this doesn't detract from the seriousness of the situation. Roughly four out of every five plants are insect pollinated, and of those nearly 90 per cent are pollinated by bees. If they were lost very many flowers, trees and vegetables would not be pollinated. Without pollination they would not produce seeds or fruit. Roughly one mouthful out of every three of the food you eat is directly attributable to the work of bees. Without bees, the world would be a lot less colourful, and we would have quite a bit less to eat. There would probably be widespread starvation, but I doubt there would be enough to completely kill off the human race.

Answer 2

We wouldn't necessarily starve, but our diet would be much more restricted than it is now. Luckily, grains such as wheat, barley, oats, rice and sweet corn would be unaffected because they are wind pollinated, so we would still have bread, but a lot of fruit, nuts and vegetables are pollinated by bees, so they would become very scarce. They may not die out completely because other insect pollinators may pollinate some of them.

Bees pollinate about 1/3 of our agricultural crops (corn, wheat, etc). Without them, we will not have enough food. It is very important for us humans to understand and appreciate their value, and do what we can to protect them.

Answer 3

One out of every three mouthfuls of food we eat and beverages we drink are directly the result of pollination of crops by bees.

Without bees we might still live, but life would be much more difficult.

Answer 4

Bees are quite important for the pollination of various plants and flowers, but not all fruits require pollination by bees, some are pollinated by bats or the wind and others do not require pollination at all, such as the banana.

It would be a tragic loss for sure, much of the world's beauty would likely vanish and mass extinction might happen, but humans would live on.

Answer 5

If bees totally disappeared, pollination would rapidly decrease. Eventually certain food chains would break down, and many people and other animals would starve. It is likely, however, that some people, other animals and plants would survive. So the loss of bees would not completely eliminate the human species.

Answer 6

we wont have honey and they wont polinate are flowers so all the flowers would die