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Bees can boost an apple harvest for free

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Positive externalities happen when bystanders get massive benefits from someone else's hustle. A beekeeper just wants to harvest honey, but their bees end up pollinating the nearby orchard for absolutely zero compensation. The orchard owner reaps a massive harvest without lifting a finger, embodying the ultimate agricultural freeloader.

Bees can boost an apple harvest for free
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