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Thirty-five percent of the world’s food crops rely on pollinators to reproduce. That statistic from the US Department of Agriculture was at the top of my mind as I stood amid a bee hive on a remote island just above the South Island of New Zealand. Standing there shocked me because I’ve never been fond of bees. My disdain for bees began as a seven year old when I was stung three times at once, leaving me with an allergic reaction. But on this sunny Tuesday afternoon in January, the honeybees were harmless; at least that's what I recited to myself repeatedly as their deafening hum surrounded me.