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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New York City Marathon
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Travel Sunday: Sintra, Portugal
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The Crown of the Continent
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Lake Tai s cherry trees in bloom
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Commemorating the life of a famous railroad conductor
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Mont-Saint-Michel
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Breaking the fast for Eid
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Snow buntings take flight
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Poinsettia Day
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A winter’s holiday ends
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Celebrating a young girl s age-old discovery
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Does this shark have an Irish accent?
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World Parrot Day
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Mount Rainier National Park
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An island for the birds
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Arrr, it be Talk Like a Pirate Day
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Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in Costa Rica
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Burns Night
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A notorious gunfight that was incorrectly named
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A prison fit for a count
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US Coast Guard: Protecting us for 105 years
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Gdańsk on the banks of the Motława, Poland
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World Population Day
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Rooftops in the walled city of Urbino, Italy
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Earth Day and National Park Week
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Fin whales: A success story
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