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In a worst case scenario, are their any species that could replace bees as pollinators?

Mini flying robots.

That sounds expensive.

 Mr Nobody wrote:
That sounds expensive.

Such is the price we pay!

 Rented Tritium wrote:
Killer bees would have happened even without us tampering. It was an evolutionary inevitability. Those populations were GOING to eventually find each other with or without us.

Regular honeybees though? Why would anyone be scared of them? They're not even very aggressive away from the hive. I'm kind of surprised at the people ITT being negative about them.

Do you have any phobias? They don't have to make sense. That's why they're irrational fears. I fear bees (including wasps) and raccoons. It's irrational to some, rational to others. I got chased by a rabid [see forum posting rules] as a kid. I stay away from them. Bees are fast, they can hurt you if they want, and if memory serves me correctly, honey bees and killer bees look almost identical. Best not to take chances. They're called "killer" for a reason...