Honey Bee Colony Movements
Thousands of commercial honey bee colonies are transported long distances to pollinate California almonds. The California-grown almonds in your trail mix or almond milk…
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Endangered Species Update
Pending Endangered Listings: What Growers Need to Know Two pending endangered species listings for pollinators can have major impacts on the almond industry as…
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USDA – Smaller Almond Crop
USDA Forecasts Smaller Almond Crop Harvest 2023 expected to be down 3 percent from last year after a stormy bloom. MODESTO, Calif. – The 2023 California…
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Not Skimping on Bees
Almond farmers not skimping on bees Even after a bruising year of lower earnings, crop losses and soaring production costs, California almond growers may…
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Bee Shortage in Almond Bloom
Bee Shortage in Almond Bloom Almond production is a prime example of the critical role pollinators play in our fragile food system. California’s Central…
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Honey Bee Dependent Crops
Crops That Would Be Most Affected If Honey Bees Disappeared Liz Blossom 1. Almonds > Annual production:4 billion pounds (US) The almond is not…
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Seeds for Bees Program
Almond Update: Seeds for Bees Program Providing Additional Support This Year The Seeds for Bees enrollment period has officially opened and growers now have…
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U.S. Almond Exports Down Double-Digits
U.S. almond exports down double-digits Rabobank’s food and agribusiness research arm suggests that the worst may still be on the horizon. Todd Fitchette After…
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California Almonds
Nature’s Perfect Duo When almonds trees bloom, bees get their first food source from our orchards’ nutritious pollen. While bees are only with us…
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2 Million Bee Hives
2M beehives imported to California for almond bloom Honybee hive(BigBlueStudio) By ED BOLING / The Packer California grows 1.5 million acres of almonds, and every…
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Hive Thefts Ahead of Almond Pollination
Hive thefts rise ahead of almond bloom BY JOHN COX jcox@bakersfield.com Thieves stole 144 bee hives in the Wasco area this weekend, two weeks…
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Honey Bee Kill in Australia…Almond Pollination
Chemical concerns after mass bee kill in Australian Almond Pollination By Cara Waters Geelong beekeeper John Edmonds used to take his bee hives…
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Almond Pollination Value Up in Stanislaus Co.
Ag values decline in Stanislaus Co. in the face of pandemic challenges except Almond Pollination By PAWAN NAIDU Stanislaus County agriculture had…
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Women in Beekeeping AgTech
Women in AgTech: Ellie Symes SOFTWARE FOUNDER HELPS ALMOND GROWERS MONITOR HIVE STRENGTH By:AMY WU Editor’s Note: The following profile is an excerpt from Amy…
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Bee Theft, Almost the Perfect Crime
Bee theft is almost a perfect crime—but there’s a new sheriff in town Meet the man on the front lines of the ultimate bee…
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Soil Compacted? Look to Cover Crops
Soil compacted Post-Harvest? Look to Cover Crops Almond Board of California — For the third year in a row, Chris Rishwain is preparing to…
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40,000 Acres of Blooming Cover Crops
SALT LAKE CITY – Jan. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — As beekeepers from across the U.S. arrive in California for the annual almond pollination season…
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Almond Orchards and Sustainable Beekeeping
Change is Constant By: John Miller ,Professional Beekeeper We are told change is a constant. Change, constant change is certainly true in beekeeping and…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Tips to Maximize Almond Yield in a Wet Year. More Bees, and A Plant Growth Regulator.
By David Eddy, Growing Produce California growers enjoyed some welcome rain this past winter, but because it had been two full decades since such…
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Almond Blossom Time. Revisiting some of the Almond Odyssey Adventures, Places and People. Covered in white blossoms, California almond orchards are now teeming with…
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