Source: Anna King, NPR, 2/18/19


Almond bloom comes nearly all at once in California — a flush of delicate pale blooms that unfold around Valentine's Day. And beekeeper Bret Adee is hustling to get his hives ready, working through them on a Central Valley ranch before placing them in orchards. He deftly tap-taps open a hive. "We're gonna open this up, and you're going to see a whole lot of bees here," Adee says.

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