Explore topic: Almond Bloom and Bees
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Everyone involved in almond production appreciates the importance of honey bees. During almond bloom, 60% of the nation’s honey bees are imported to California to pollinate the crop. The last thing…
Oct 09, 2019 // Almond Bloom and Bees, Orchard Management
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Optimal Yield Series — Part Three
In this third installment of our four-part “Optimal Yield Series,” Almond Board of California’s (ABC) Sebastian Saa discusses conditions and practices for…
Apr 18, 2019 // Almond Bloom and Bees, Orchard Management
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With long-term water supplies constantly on farmers’ minds, you won’t find many complaining about the wet start this year – each rainy day brings with it a chance to build snowpack in the mountains,…
Apr 11, 2019 // Almond Bloom and Bees, Orchard Management
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Optimal Yield Series – Part Two
As mentioned in part one of this series, an orchard’s ultimate yield is driven by three important factors: number of flowers, the percentage of those flowers that set…
Apr 04, 2019 // Orchard Management, Almond Bloom and Bees
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EU media, influencer bloom tour demonstrates almond industry’s commitment to responsible farming
There’s a lot of truth in the saying, “Tell me and I’ll forget, show me and I’ll remember, involve me…
Mar 28, 2019 // About the Almond Industry, Almond Bloom and Bees
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As the world faces a declining bee population, California almond growers say they are doing their best to promote bee health. Many growers are using pesticides and compounds at night rather than in…
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California almond growers have started to use BeeWhere, a program powered by a geographic information system which allows them to know where bee hives are so they can provide proper notification…
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This article was contributed by Billy Synk from Project Apis m.
Every year in California’s Central Valley, during January and February, the world’s greatest pollination event takes place. More than…
Mar 14, 2019 // Almond Bloom and Bees, Orchard Management
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From February to early March, the Central Valley sees a flurry of pink and purple petals come to life for the almond bloom.
Author: Eric Escalante
ESCALON, Calif. — Almond bloom…
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In Northern California, it's the time of year when almond trees come to life, and there are a lot of them, about 80% of the world supply comes from here. As John Bartell discovered, the blooms look…