About the potential uses of crickets, Benge writes, “This may seem a little too niche for anyone to care but there is potential for domestication, expanding its pallet for what it can pollinate” (par....

About the potential uses of crickets, Benge writes, “This may seem a little too niche for anyone to care but there is potential for domestication, expanding its pallet for what it can pollinate” (par. 9).

Do you agree that considering crickets as a successor to honeybees is likely not of interest to laypeople? Does this assumption accurately represent your level of interest in this subject?

Where does Benge make other assumptions about the degree of interest that laypeople may have in the disappearance of honeybees? Are these assumptions revealed through the content of his essay, his tone, or other elements of the essay? Explain your answer.