00:00Imagine waking up tomorrow, and every single bee on Earth has just vanished without a trace.
00:04It sounds like a sci-fi movie, but this absence would effectively put one-third of our global
00:09food supply on a four-year deadline to a total collapse.
00:12You might be wondering, would we all just starve to death right away?
00:16The short answer is no, because staple foods like wheat, rice, and corn are pollinated
00:21by the wind and would not need help from bees at all.
00:23These crops make up a huge part of what humans eat every day to stay alive.
00:28But if we wouldn't survive, then what is the big deal?
00:30The big deal is that our diets would become incredibly boring, and our health would suffer
00:35tremendously.
00:36So what specific foods would we actually lose?
00:38We would lose most of our fruits, nuts, and vegetables, including fruits like apples, avocados,
00:44onions, and several types of berries.
00:46Almonds, for example, simply would not exist anymore without bees to pollinate them.
00:50Even your morning pickup is at risk, while coffee might survive, it would become extremely
00:54rare and expensive.
00:55You might ask, how does this affect more than just my grocery bill?
00:59It actually hits the entire food chain, including meat and milk, because bees pollinate crops
01:04like clover and alfala.
01:06But cattle eat food, but without those plants, feed for livestock disappears, causing the price
01:10of meat and dairy to spike vertically.
01:13This leads to another important question, would we get sick?
01:16Yes, because most of the nutritional variety in our diet, like vitamins A and C, comes from
01:21bee pollinated plants.
01:22Losing bees could lead to serious health issues like scurvy or even mite blindness.
01:26You might wonder, are all bees the same?
01:28Actually, there are more than 20,000 non-bees species on our planet.
01:32And while honey bees are famous for making honey, native bees are the ones that keep our
01:36wild ecosystem healthy.
01:38If we lose that diversity, we lose the foundation of nature itself.
01:41But is it true that we would only have four years to live?
01:44There is a famous quote, often tied to Albert Einstein, saying we would have only four years.
01:49But he probably never said it, and it is likely an exaggeration.
01:52We would survive, but we would be pretty miserable.
01:55You might be thinking, surely we can just pollinate these plants ourselves.
01:59In some places like parts of China, people are already forced to pollinate apple and
02:03pear trees by hand because the local bees are born.
02:06However, there are not enough humans in the world to do this for every single crop we
02:11need.
02:11Scientists are also trying to build tiny robotic bees and drones to do the job.
02:15But none of these are as efficient or effective as the real thing.
02:18So why are the bees disappearing in the first place?
02:21It is not just one thing, but a mix of lost habitat, climate change, and toxic pesticides
02:26called neonicotinates that disorient bees so they cannot find their big home.
02:30There are also tiny pests like the viora, mite that invade hives and spread deadly viruses.
02:35Does this mean we are doomed?
02:36Not necessarily, because we already have the tools to pick this.
02:40So what can we actually do to help?
02:41We can plant sets of wild flowers on farms, avoid using harmful pesticides and protect natural
02:46press.
02:47Where wild bees live?
02:48Even though a world without bees might not mean the end of humanity, it would be a world
02:52of economic hardships and poor health.
02:54A little is Тихо.
02:55A that.
03:13There are all of the things that we have in the world, because we are only going to feel
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