Einstein on bees, revisited

[Garson O'Toole]

Bonnie Taylor-Blake wrote
>
> Back in 2007 I asked the group about a then-circulating belief that
> Einstein had made the following pronouncement about bees.
>
> "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would
> only have four years of life left.  No more bees, no more pollination,
> no more plants, no more animals, no more man."
>
> At the time I hadn't been able to push this (mis)attribution back to a
> date earlier than 1994 [1].  Here's an update. ...

Fascinating and impressive research! Thanks Bonnie

Garson

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