Interesting article on bee population and the little tidbit that
every three bites of food, van Engelsdorp said, is
directly or indirectly pollinated by honeybees, who pollinate about $15 billion worth of U.S. crops each year. Almonds, for instance, are completely reliant on honeybee pollination.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...are/348418001/