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That's interesting, but what would this mean to the average developed-worlder's diet?
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I don't know. There will be less of whatever is difficult to pollinate without bees.
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Also, would we need to destroy wilderness land in order to grow enough to feed everybody without pesticides?
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I don't know how much you would expect food production to drop without the use of insecticides (presumably herbicides would be okay). But I imagine more use would be made of existing farmland as in most countries there is not a lot of convenient wilderness to farm. In Australia national parks are generally areas of little or no agricultural value. Places where you couldn't fatten a goanna to use the cheerful venacular.
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Also, you never mentioned what I could do to increase pollinator diversity in my own backyard. Every journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, no?
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Unless you are growing food in your area it might not be that important and pollinators vary from place to place and plant to plant. Even marsupials can be pollinators, so I don't know what you could do.