One answer: pollination.
Most plants have evolved to reproduce via pollination. Basically, if you want fruits, vegetables or any sort of plant life, you need an insect that will go from flower to flower, dispersing pollen. Some plants use flies (looking at you carrion flowers you sick f***) but most plants use bees (or a subspecies of bees).
So no bees, no pollination, no pollination no plant reproduction and just the death of most ecosystems. And the collapse of our food supply. That too.
One answer: pollination.
Most plants have evolved to reproduce via pollination. Basically, if you want fruits, vegetables or any sort of plant life, you need an insect that will go from flower to flower, dispersing pollen. Some plants use flies (looking at you carrion flowers you sick f***) but most plants use bees (or a subspecies of bees).
So no bees, no pollination, no pollination no plant reproduction and just the death of most ecosystems. And the collapse of our food supply. That too.
It comes down to the sheer number of plants bees pollinate every year. Sure, other animals/insects and the wind pollinate plants, but bees are critical for fruits and vegetables.
While dandelions are included in those plants that bees pollinate, those plants that humans rely upon for produce are dependent on bees.
Humans could survive, probably, but there would be unforeseen ramifications that affect other species in the ecosystem.
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