Without bees, humans can only live 4 years." Sounds amazing, right? But Einstein probably never said such a thing. Director of the Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Dr. Roni Grosz[1] stated: “There is no evidence that Einstein ever said or wrote such a statement. "He said that it is really difficult to falsify a famous quote, but "there is really no statement related to bees in Einstein's works."

Of course, the following may indeed exist—— The great physicist actually accidentally mentioned this topic while drinking with a friend in a tavern one night, and then his friend wrote down this sentence. However, we still firmly believe that. It's like a game of teleportation, which slowly changed with the continuous reprinting. (We also tried to contact some authors who quoted this passage in the article, but they did not give us any reply.)

Fortunately, we still have the great Internet to help us find clues. Through a link to an article by Boing Boing [2], we found a clue on the rumor refuting forum Snopes [3]. This passage actually dates back to 1994. A report by Associated Press reporter Paul Ames in March was about beekeepers’ protests against the EU Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting. Ames pointed out that this passage came from French beekeepers during the protests. A leaflet circulated by the United Industry Federation (UNAF)[4] was also mentioned in reports about the protest in The Scotsman and The Guardian. We contacted UNAF via email. Requests to confirm the authenticity of this legendary leaflet went unanswered. Further searches of library and Internet databases for references to Einstein and bees revealed that this passage never appeared in any 1994 1 document. Reported months ago.