March 05, 2012 67 notes weather spring
I love almonds (especially the dry roasted ones) Thankfully California is renting honeybees to keep the crop going. latimes: Hives for hire: California’s almond crop — the state’s most valuable farm export — owes its vitality to 48 billion buzzing helpers: rented honeybees from across the U.S. Photo: A honeybee pollinates a flowering almond tree at Paramount Farming in Lost Hills. Credit: Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times

I love almonds (especially the dry roasted ones) Thankfully California is renting honeybees to keep the crop going.

latimes:

Hives for hire: California’s almond crop — the state’s most valuable farm export — owes its vitality to 48 billion buzzing helpers: rented honeybees from across the U.S.

Photo: A honeybee pollinates a flowering almond tree at Paramount Farming in Lost Hills. Credit: Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times

(Source: Los Angeles Times)

March 01, 2012 weather spring
Look who decided to show up for the first day of Meteorological Spring.

Look who decided to show up for the first day of Meteorological Spring.