Question

In the example of honeybees, we said that the farmers pay the beekeepers for pollination services. But why don’t the beekeepers pay the fruit farmers? After all, the beekeepers need the fruit farmers to make honey, so why does the payment go one way and not the other? (Hint: What if the honey produced by some fruits and vegetables, such as almonds, is bitter?)

Answer 1

Honeybees are reducing in pollulation in the present day due to pollution and global warming . So this is affecting pollination . Pollination is important for growth of fruits . So farmers pay beekeepers to harvest more bees in order to get the pollination services .

Honey produced by some fruits and vegatbles are not fit for consumption . Also honeybees can collect the pollen grains from other flowers growing in wild . Hence beekeepers do not need any services directly from fruit farmers . Fruit farmers need the bees more than the bees require fruits to make honey in economic sense . Hence the payment goes one way .