Talk:Life without bees/@comment-199.133.15.190-20140401212746

I went looking for the data to support this quote “The fact is that of the 100 crop species that provide 90 per cent of the world’s food, over 70 are pollinated by bees.”- UN report.“ because it did not sound logical. After chasing it all over the web, the UN and back through FAO, here is what appears to be the original source “FAO estimates that of the slightly more than 100 crop species that provide 90 percent of food supplies for 146 countries, 71 are bee-pollinated (mainly by wild bees), and several others are pollinated by thrips, wasps, flies, beetles, moths and other insects. It has been estimated that at least 20 genera of animals other than honeybees provide pollination services to the world's most important crops.” This is an extremely different statement. So if this a fact based story, how about starting off with an actual fact.