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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National Bison Day
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Village of Saranac Lake, New York
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Three Musketeers Falls at Iguazú Falls, Argentina
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A cutting-edge art gallery opens in Paris
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An old celebration for a new season
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Here’s looking at you, teachers
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Traditional red fishermens cabins, Reine, Norway
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Día de los Muertos celebrations in Mexico
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A crested partridge
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Gray seal pup, Norfolk, England
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A good time in the Badlands
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India Republic Day
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World Wildlife Conservation Day
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Porto Timoni beach, Greece
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Celebrating sea otters
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Hungarian Parliament Building, Budapest, Hungary
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International Chameleon Day
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Independence Day
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Watch your step
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Cousins Day
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World Bee Day
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Flag Day
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A sleeping green giant
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When Death Valley blew its top
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Ayutthaya Historical Park, Thailand
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Fall colors below Mount Sneffels near Ridgway, Colorado
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A treaty for science
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