The notion that a decline in pollinators may threaten the human food supply — producing a situation that has been referred to as a “pollination crisis” — can be considered a myth, at least where honeybees are concerned, researchers report. First of all, most agricultural crop production does not depend on pollinators. On top of that, while honeybees may be dwindling in some parts of the world, the number of domesticated bees world-wide is actually on the rise, their new report shows.