"You can pollinate crops using bees kept in captivity. Many crops are pollinated this way." ... as much as I may appreciate the sentiment, it seems to me that we - the global we - have become adept at finding band-aid solutions (especially when it involves technology) to symptoms but rarely address and attempt to fix the actual causal factors, i.e. the problem. I would hazard to guess this is for primarily two reasons. First and foremost, it requires grass roots and pervasive change - change in values, behaviours, beliefs - and change is often difficult. Second, there appears to exist a pervasive view that sees us humans as outside of nature rather than an integral and dependent part of the whole.

Most crops are not. Many plants rely on specific insects for pollination. And domesticated honey bees can never hope to match the rest of the insect world in numbers.