In this context, it&#x27;s more a jobs thing, the basic foods which supply the calories which keep us from starving to death don&#x27;t require pollinators, or at least bees.  As I recall, going down the list, onions were the only one I&#x27;d <i>really</i> miss: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_crop_plants_pollinated_by_bees" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_crop_plants_pollinated...</a><p>Note also that in the US honeybees are an invasive&#x2F;cultivated species brought over from Europe, their travails are akin to those of, say, the turkeys and chickens that have been suffering from&#x2F;culled due to avian flu last year.