What would happen if the bees ceased to exist?

I would like the answer in stages eg:


1st year: People would feel sad due to the lack of honey and the looming thought that they will never be able to consume honey again.


ETC. ETC.





What would happen if the bees ceased to exist?
In the short term, the price of honey would skyrocket, and so would the price of the things that are pollinated by honeybees -- almonds and oranges, among others.





The cost of meat would increase, because some feed crops are pollinated by honeybees.





Honeybees are not the only pollinators of crops though. There are plenty of other species of bees, flies, wasps, moths, and beetles which pollinate flowerrs. You can imagine that in the longer run, one or more of these will be domesticated, and put to use pollinating crops.





What would happen if the bees ceased to exist?
stage one - no pollination of food-producing plants


state two - starvation