Every February in California, the almond trees bloom, sparking a massive migration of commercial beekeepers to the Golden State. With box hives stacked high onto semi-truck trailers, they transport their honeybee colonies to almond orchards in the Sacramento and San Joaquin areas of California’s Central Valley, renting the little workers out to farmers. In recent decades, this practice has grown to become the largest managed pollination effort in the world, sometimes called the ‘Super Bowl of beekeeping.’
A tale of almonds and bees
Today in History
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Father s Day
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May the Fourth be with you…
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Uredd Rest Area, Norway
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World Rivers Day
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World Teachers Day
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Celebrating whales—and a whale of a tale
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Museum Night in Berlin
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World Art Day
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Gardens by the Bay nature park, Singapore
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In search of roadside attractions on ‘America’s Highway’
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A path into history
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50 years of Earth Day
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Design for Each and All
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Mount Logan in Yukon, Canada
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White Sands National Park, New Mexico
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Banggai cardinalfish with sea anemone
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Across the great plains of Africa
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A view fit for a queen
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International Day of Friendship
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National Take the Stairs Day
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Summer winds down in the Southern Hemisphere
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A place called ‘Peace’ in India
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Almond trees in full bloom, California
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Three Natural Bridges, Wulong Karst, China
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Tiny fliers head south
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