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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Glenfinnan Viaduct
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National Roller Coaster Day
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Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park, California
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A valley view at 9,000 feet
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Happy Cinco de Mayo!
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Exploring the wilder side of New York
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The ‘Night of Nights’
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Sea Slug Day
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Celebrating Flag Day
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We did not invent this, honest
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Here’s looking at you, teachers
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Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
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Astronomy Day
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Channel Country, Australia
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Río Negro, Amazon basin, Brazil
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Art in the chapel
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World Numbat Day
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Moose, Denali National Park, Alaska
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Bellissima!
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Porto Cathedral, Portugal
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In the Garden of Europe
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International Polar Bear Day
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A visit to Limerick on Limerick Day
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Celebrating a young girl s age-old discovery
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Merry Christmas!
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Patriot Day
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Pandas pucker up for International Kissing Day
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World Meteorological Day
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