Trucking bees and hive thieves: What it takes to pollinate CA's almonds
90 billion bees. 1.8 million hives. 1.3 million acres: Inside the tricky (and lucrative) business of keeping CA’s $5 billion almond industry pollinated and thriving.
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90 billion bees. 1.8 million hives. 1.3 million acres: Inside the tricky (and lucrative) business of keeping CA’s $5 billion almond industry pollinated and thriving.
Beekeeper Adam Novicki breaks down the exacting process of almond tree pollination in California.
Later today, some time before darkness falls on this, the final day of February, I will leave my apartment at the northern end of Greystones, Co Wicklow, and walk down the hill until I reach the road that runs from there, up the steep hill, and on towards Bray. Five minutes after leaving my home, I will have reached my destination: Redford cemetery.