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More bans against this would protect the bees 🐝

Carrots, potatoes, parsnips and other root crops are highly dependant on insect pollinators for their production. The graphic is grossly misleading. Carrots for example grow from seed which is insect pollinated. Without pollinators to produce the seed producing crop there’s no seed to produce the root crop we eat. Umbellifer crops are largely pollinated byvsmall bees, flies and beetles. There are several species such as carrot mining bee which are carrot specialist pollinators. Whilst cassava, sweet potato and potato are grown from tubers or ‘seed potato’ we need pollinators to cross pollinate varieties in order to continuously produce new disease resistant varieties. The dominant varieties of these crops is constantly revolving to counter pest and disease outbreaks. Most of these crops are highly reliant on bumblebees for pollination or rare threatened bees like Cemolobus impomoeae Similarly sugar beat seed production requires pollination. Tomato’s need buzz pollination and are highly reliant on bumblebees in glass houses. Supplying bumblebees for grass house tomato production is a multi million £ industry. I’d also argue that many on the list of modest dependency are actually highly dependant. Who actually researched this?

The Hidden Cost of Climate Change! Climate change isn’t just altering weather patterns, it’s threatening the very foundation of our food supply. Pollinator insects, such as bees and butterflies, are essential for the production of many of our favorite foods, including fruits, vegetables, nuts, and coffee. As rising temperatures and unpredictable weather patterns disrupt their life cycles and habitats, we face a future where these vital insects become scarcer. This decline will lead to reduced crop yields, driving food costs to unprecedented highs and creating limited resources.

Pollinators include a wide variety of animals beyond bees, such as butterflies, moths, birds (like hummingbirds), bats, and even certain types of beetles and flies. These creatures play a crucial role in the reproduction of many plants by transferring pollen from one flower to another, which helps plants produce fruits and seeds. Each pollinator has unique behaviors and preferences, which contribute to the diversity and health of ecosystems.

I have a page on my website which provides information on the different pollinators which service the various crop plants. It’s far more accurate than this shoddy infographic www.apicultural.co.Uk/the-foods-that-bees-pollinate

#PLANTMORETREES #LETRIVERSFLOWFREE #KEEPOCEANSCLEAN #BeECOlogicallyMINIMALISTIC #INVESTinBIODiversity "Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last fish been caught, and the last stream poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money." Cree Indian Prophecy There's a Japanese legend that says, "if you feel like you're losing everything, remember, trees lose their leaves every year, yet they still stand tall and wait for better days to come.” "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for Good Men to do nothing” Good Men I mean here Lovers and Carers of Mother Earth 🌳🌍🌲🌎🌴🌏 John Stuart Mill

Bats pollinate agave which is used in Tequila. There are 499 other species of olant that rely on bats for pollination too of course …

Quite a few errors in the first category (no dependency). Without pollinators, no lettuce seed, no peas, no beet seeds, so while the product doesn't need them, without pollinators, no ongoing supply.

Thanks UN Biodiversity for that list - and the claridication: it´s not the honeybees, ist about all polinating insects. And there are a lot we do not recognise as polinators, such as wasps, Wild bees, flies,... The more we kill insects by using pesticides, the more we ultimately harm ourselves: at some point, no one will do the work of pollinating our food crops for us. Then we will have to do it ourselves (like in China) - or stop poisoning ourselves and our employees beforehand. #FoodForest is a solution for species-rich agriculture. Try it!

Such an insightful graphic! In Canada, wetlands and grasslands play a vital role as habitats for pollinators, yet they're rapidly disappearing. With ongoing urbanization, we're losing critical species that are the backbone of our food systems. Protecting these ecosystems isn't just about conservation—it's about securing our future.