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 Lighthouse Day
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Golden larches and Prusik Peak, the Enchantments, Washington
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Manatee Awareness Month
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Arbor Day
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Bellissima!
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A young jaguar on a riverbank, Pantanal, Brazil
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Cheers! It’s National Wine Day
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Whangārei Falls in New Zealand
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Honoring the first American woman in space
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Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico
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Mother s Day
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Glacier cave in Iceland
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Manatees rebound
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Have fun storming the castle
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A notorious gunfight that was incorrectly named
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A history of Vinland
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Blue paradise on the Costa Brava
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Great Backyard Bird Count
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Hemakuta Hill, Hampi, India
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Swinging into International Jazz Day
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Travel Sunday: San Francisco
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3,000 years of history
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Fibonacci Day
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The moai you know
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Caribou on the move
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World Jellyfish Day
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