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almonds: the numbers

almonds · two million hives on flatbeds

every february about two million beehives are trucked to california to pollinate almonds: most of the honeybees in the united states, on the interstate. beekeepers lose about 40% of their colonies a year and rebuild them by splitting.

method USDA NASS pollination data; Bee Informed Partnership annual loss survey; Klein et al. 2007.

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