Posts Tagged: almond orchards

Almond Pollination Season Ought to Be About Almond Pollination

When friends own almond acreage, and invite you to see the bees and the blossoms on a brilliant day...

A brilliant day in an Esparto almond orchard on Feb. 16. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A brilliant day in an Esparto almond orchard on Feb. 16. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee pollinating an almond blossom in Esparto. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee pollinating an almond blossom in Esparto. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The girls bringing home the pollen from an Esparto almond orchard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The girls bringing home the pollen from an Esparto almond orchard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Troubling Bee Shortage in Almond Orchards

California almond growers are worried--and rightfully so--about the honey bee shortage. Honey bee...

Honey bee heading toward an almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee heading toward an almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee foraging on an almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee foraging on an almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Off to the Almond Orchards

It's one of the most beautiful agricultural scenes you'll ever see--bee trucks heading to...

Almond Blossoms

ALMOND TREE at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility is just about ready to burst into bloom. This photo was taken Feb. 7. The commercial almond pollination season generally begins around Valentine's Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bee Truck

BEE TRUCK, owned by Miller's Honeybees in Watsonville, is ready to move out to commercial almond orchards. (Photo by Bob Miller)

135 Colonies

THIS BEE TRUCK, owned by Miller's Honeybees, Watsonville, is loaded with about 135 colonies and is heading out to an almond orchard. (Photo by Bob Miller)

Bee Cluster

BEE CLUSTER forms at the back of a bee truck owned by Miller's Honeybees, Watsonville. (Photo by Bob Miller)

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