Are bees going extinct?

According to reports, we’re facing the beepocalypse. Pollinators are dying out, and the result will be much of our food will disappear with bee extinction. If true, it’s seriously worrying. But is it true? Let’s have a look. 

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References 

00:56 https://www.greatoldbroads.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/44/Winfree-2010.pdf 01:14 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms8414 

02:35 https://abcnews.go.com/US/40-decline-honey-bee-population-winter-unsustainable-experts/story?id=64191609 03:08 https://beeinformed.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2018_2019-Abstract.pdf

04:27 https://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2018/october/despite-elevated-loss-rate-since-2006-us-honey-bee-colony-numbers-are-stable/ 

04:47 http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QA/visualize 

05:07 https://beeinformed.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2018_2019-Abstract.pdf 

05:20 https://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2018/october/despite-elevated-loss-rate-since-2006-us-honey-bee-colony-numbers-are-stable/ 

06:20 https://adventuresinbeeland.com/2019/01/14/how-many-honey-bees-are-there-a-2019-update/ 

06:39 https://www.greatoldbroads.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/44/Winfree-2010.pdf 06:54 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms8414 

08:52 https://www.pnas.org/content/110/12/4656.full 

9:50 https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/sustainable-agriculture/save-the-bees/ 

10:38 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-07290-w 

11:45 http://pesticideblog.lawbc.com/entry/epa-releases-final-policy-to-address-acute-risks-to-bees-from-pesticides-an 

12:21 https://risk-monger.blogactiv.eu/2014/09/30/the-save-the-bees-ban-failed-crops-and-another-precautionary-fail-who-is-to-blame/#.VDt5hufq37L 

13:09 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2019/07/30/the-world-faces-pollinator-collapse-how-and-why-the-media-get-the-science-wrong-time-and-again/ 

13:58 https://ipbes.net/assessment-reports/pollinators 

14:22 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2015/08/12/pollinator-myth-bees-responsible-one-third-global-food-heightening-crisis-like-7/ 

14:44 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2019/07/30/the-world-faces-pollinator-collapse-how-and-why-the-media-get-the-science-wrong-time-and-again/