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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Talk like a pirate—or walk the plank
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African buffalo, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
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Fibonacci Day
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A dreamy start to the Year of the Pig
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Bright and colorful peacock feathers
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Canada Day
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Hut, hut, hike!
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Red fox
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Into the woods
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Jamaica celebrates its independence
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Ode to the sun
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Squirrel Appreciation Day
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Sharp-dressed bug
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Satla marshland in Bangladesh
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Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
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The Great Blue Hole, Belize
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Sequoia National Parks 134th anniversary
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Eastern grey kangaroos in Australia’s Kosciuszko National Park
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Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire, England
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International Tea Day
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Venice s grand regatta
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Palace of Westminster, London, England
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Who s there? The largest owl in the world
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World Migratory Bird Day
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American bison
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National Park Week: Canyonlands National Park, Utah
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We stand with Ukraine
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Bear Hole Brook, Catskill Mountains, New York
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Gray days ahead in Monterey
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Yellowstone for the National Park Services birthday
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