> So, while we cannot credit ALL the crop's
> value to the bees in your sense, there is
> another sense in which that crop would
> not exist without the bees.


Hi all

Assuming a perfect free market where supply equals demand the value of
pollination is the amount paid for the service. If the beekeeper is paid
$50 per hive then that is exactly the value of pollination to the crop grower.


Wade

(Wondering if we live in a perfect free market)
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