I attended a breakfast with food that would disappear if honeybees go extinct. It was a disturbing glimpse at a future without avocados and coffee.

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Seed partnered with Ghetto Gastro, a Bronx-based culinary collective, to present a meal with foods that rely on honeybees.

Seed partnered with Ghetto Gastro, a Bronx-based culinary collective, to present a meal with foods that rely on honeybees.
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Everything we were served wouldn't exist in a world without bees.

Everything we were served wouldn't exist in a world without bees.
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Most of the breakfast was plant-based, since honeybees are key pollinators of fruits and vegetables.

Most of the breakfast was plant-based, since honeybees are key pollinators of fruits and vegetables.

At least root vegetables would continue to exist, since they grow beneath the soil.

At least root vegetables would continue to exist, since they grow beneath the soil.

But meat would be limited, since cows rely on pollinated plants as a food source.

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Of course, there would be no honey. But there would also be no grapefruit, berries, cucumbers, or snap peas.

Of course, there would be no honey. But there would also be no grapefruit, berries, cucumbers, or snap peas.

Dhir said the fish we were eating could become be as expensive as caviar is today.

Dhir said the fish we were eating could become be as expensive as caviar is today.

The absence of honeybees could disrupt local ecosystems, posing a threat to the stability of multiple species, including fish.

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We'd also have to say goodbye to almonds, a crop that's completely reliant on honeybees.

We'd also have to say goodbye to almonds, a crop that's completely reliant on honeybees.

It takes 60% of the bee colonies in the US to pollinate California almonds, which make up around 80% of the global supply.

This disc-shaped probiotic could help protect our food supply by making bees more resistant to disease and pesticides.

This disc-shaped probiotic could help protect our food supply by making bees more resistant to disease and pesticides.

The probiotic joins a growing list of products designed to save honeybees, including solar treatments that destroy pests and sensors that allow beekeepers to monitor their colonies.

Efforts to rescue the world's hives could save us from a future without our most beloved and nutritious foods.

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