UN: Loss of Bees, Wild Insects Would Devastate World Food Supply

The decline and disappearance of bees, wild insects and other pollinators would have devastating consequences for mankind and the global food supply, the U.N. warned Monday. "Bees support a staggering 170,000 species of plants that sustain over 200,000 animal species," General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa said on World Bee Day Monday. "They are responsible for roughly one-third of all food produced" -- including tomatoes, coffee, apples, almonds, cocoa...

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