“how do you propose we pollinate our crops?’
How do you?
BTW the whole premiss of this is based on Bravo Sierra.
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/einstein/bees.asp (note that I trust ANYTHING I read on the internet.
You are showing your lack of research on this subject.
First off, the Snopes article does not dispute in the least the bee die off. What Snopes is disuputing is whether Einstein said what he said about bees.
There have already has hearings on Capital Hill concerning this, at the House Committee on Agriculture. You can find a transcript from the March hearings, and other information, here:
http://maarec.cas.psu.edu/index.html