Honey Bee Populations Seem to Be Declining Worldwide

question 32

Multiple Choice

Honey bee populations seem to be declining worldwide. Without bees, what would we have to do differently?

• A) We wouldn't have to pay for insecticides to kill bees.
• B) Without pollination by bees for free, we'd either have no fruit, or we'd have to pay for some other way to pollinate plants.
• C) We would have to give up eating fruits.
• D) Some other insects would take over pollination so we wouldn't do anything differently.
• E) There's no way to predict what would happen without bees in the world.

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