Biologist E.O. Wilson, who watches his aunts ants have sex, just did an Ask Me Anything on Reddit. A few exchanges follow.
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E.O. Wilson:
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How devastating would the collapse of the bee population be to the world’s ecosystem?
E.O. Wilson:
Unless we solve the colony collapse syndrome and build up new stocks of honeybees, the result will be a severe loss to agriculture, costing as high as billions of dollars.
Tags: E.O Wilson, Isaac Asimov