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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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how this number is built
- method
- USDA NASS pollination data; Bee Informed Partnership annual loss survey; Klein et al. 2007.
- range
- 1.8–2.5 million hives; 30–48% annual loss
- confidence
- count
- weakness
- 'a third of what you eat' is by crop variety, not calories, and the site says so.
- dispute
- dispute LGR-106 · corrections are credited
- data
- channels.json (sign-in) · full entry · CC BY 4.0