Conventional wisdom suggests that more bees equals more pollination, and that bee shortages are to blame for diminishing ...

Scientist show why biodiversity benefits California almond pollination. The presence of wild bees was found to alter the behavior of honey bees and improve their pollination effectiveness. Furthermore ...

More than 50%25 of nation%27s honeybees brought to California at end of February Price of bee colony already at all-time of %24200 Nomadic beekeepers converge on state with semi-trucks of bee colonies ...

Tom Johnson, right, an agronomist with Kamprath Seeds, speaks in an orchard near Livingston on Tuesday about mustard flowers that were sown to provide food for bees in advance of the almond ...

A bee is hard at work on an almond blossom in an orchard near Oakdale, Calif. on (02-18-15). Joan Barnett Lee [email protected] Millions of winged workers have nearly completed their pollination of more ...

It’s sometimes reported that one in every three bites of food depends on bees. As is often the case when an easy-to-grasp notion spreads, there’s a dose of truth and a dollop of exaggeration. The stat ...

With bees in decline, the self-pollinating Independence almond tree is a best-seller among farmers. But even they still need the bees. Every February, semi trucks packed with honeybees–a fleet of ...

BAKERSFIELD — Every spring, just as the swallows return to Capistrano, so do the bees buzz back to Bakersfield. But don’t expect to look up in the sky and see a swarm of them making their way west.

Inside Look is a Merced Sun-Star series where we take readers behind the scenes at restaurants, new businesses, local landmarks and news stories. Motorists driving through the Central Valley this time ...

Advances in Horticultural Science, Vol. 30, No. 4 (2016), pp. 217-224 (8 pages) Survey and collection of almond accessions for a National Collection of Fruit and Nuts of Afghanistan began in 2007.

Bees in these crates will help pollinate this orchard on Dakota Avenue north of Beckwith Road in Modesto. Joan Barnett Lee [email protected] Millions of winged workers have nearly completed their ...