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
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Aw shucks, It s Oyster Day
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To Sua Ocean Trench
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Twosday
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Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
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Welcome to the pack
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It’s Penguin Awareness Day
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Borovets ski resort in Bulgaria
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In celebration of America’s national bird
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Wyoming celebrates its statehood
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March of the flowers
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World Jellyfish Day
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Satla marshland in Bangladesh
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Giving Tuesday
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Gemsbok in Namibian sand dunes
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East River crossing
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An old celebration for a new season
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Great Backyard Bird Count
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Hay, what s up?
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Road to Hana, Maui, Hawaii
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Birds and bees, and why they re so important
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Why, aloe there
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Lake Peipus, Estonia
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Mute swans
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Honoring our fallen heroes
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Fall comes to the Last Frontier
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Procida, Italy
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Have a ‘beary’ good Earth Day
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In the Highlands for Saint Andrew s Day
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Arbor Day
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A star is borne by seaweed