The world after honey bee extinction

We are all well aware that honey bees play a special role in life on planet Earth. Besides the well-beloved honey products, these insects are important as pollinators of a variety of crop plants, used for food by humanity. At the beginning of the second millennia, however, a large decline in the bee population raised serious concerns about the future of the planet. The current study explores several scenarios in the case of the complete extinction of honey bees.