It would really hit the fruit crops, particularly orchards, hard. So much for apple, cherry, peach, and pear crops to name a few.
This spring I saw just about no bees of any kind - not honey, bumble, miner, jewel. A few carpenter bees. Nonetheless my crabapples, blueberries and blackberries set fruit just fine. Maybe ants or other insects pollinated. I did see some ants on the flowers.
I was worried about the bees but now there are lots here, all kinds.
Mrs VS