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The aim of the paper was to determinate the importance of pollinating insects for food security inPoland. To assess this, there was estimated crop production without pollinators. The information publishedby the Institute of Horticulture and the Central Statistical Office was used as well as the literature on thesubject. The results of the study indicate that insect pollinators play a key role in fruit production, absenceof pollinators may result in a crop yield reduction about 80%. In terms of physical availability of food,Polish food security will be preserved even in the absence of insect pollinators. However, at the level ofeconomic availability, food security may not be preserved without such pollinators, in particular in termsof fruit and food security associated with the consumption of properly balanced rations.