Asimina triloba, aka Pawpaws. The hill-billy banana!
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So after we kill off all the bees then... not all of the flowers will die, is one conclusion we can take from this? :-|
Just the ones that we need for food, no biggie /s
According to some time travelers (allusion to HG Wells The Time Machine), we'll simply start eating humans.
Well, the problem then is that we're not only killing off all the bees but also other pollinators. Although, many plant species are also wind-pollinated and/or wind-dispersed. But good luck feeding all human life with this small selection of species only...
TIL that my vagina evolved before bees...
So I went and had a quick look and you are not wrong. Let's say that vulvas appeared with mammals. Mammals (well, the modern-ish kind of mammals) evolved about 250 millions of years ago https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_mammals
Bees "only" 120m years ago https://news.wsu.edu/press-release/2023/07/31/bees-likely-evolved-from-ancient-supercontinent-earlier-than-suspected/
TIL that @eestileib@sh.itjust.works is over 120 million years old
Rotting flesh? ... You should probably go to a doctor