▲ 66 ▼ Explaining the importance of bees to an American (europe.pub) submitted 1 year ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/funny@lemmy.ml 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) Yeah but surely the corn syrup also needs bees permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] superniceperson@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) You're on ml, learn some farming to be better acquainted with your fellow workers. Almost all grains are wind pollinated, including corn and wheat. It's why throughout history grains tend to end up as staple crops despite the complicated methods humans need to use to get them edible to us ‐ they still grow even in times of environmental disaster and grow in much, much larger amounts than insect assisted pollinated crops. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] m532@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 1 year ago Most workers aren't farming permalink fedilink source parent [–] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago Corn is a grass too, wind pollinator permalink fedilink source parent
[–] superniceperson@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) You're on ml, learn some farming to be better acquainted with your fellow workers. Almost all grains are wind pollinated, including corn and wheat. It's why throughout history grains tend to end up as staple crops despite the complicated methods humans need to use to get them edible to us ‐ they still grow even in times of environmental disaster and grow in much, much larger amounts than insect assisted pollinated crops. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] m532@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 1 year ago Most workers aren't farming permalink fedilink source parent
[–] m532@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 1 year ago Most workers aren't farming permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago Corn is a grass too, wind pollinator permalink fedilink source parent