Bee shortage threatens Central Valley almond output
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Neil Trent of Bakersfield-based Scientific Ag Co. pries open a beehive for inspection in an almond orchard near Turlock. Bees must pollinate 760,000 acres of almond orchards in California.
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Bee shortage threatens Central Valley almond output.
TURLOCK — In an almond orchard in the San Joaquin Valley, bee inspector Neil Trent pried open a buzzing hive and pulled out a frame to see if it was at least two-thirds covered with bees.
Trent has hopped from orchard to orchard this month, making sure enough bees were in each hive . Read Bee shortage threatens Central Valley almond output...
