Bee keeper Raymond Marquette and his son Ched transporting their bee hives to an almond orchard where the insects are used to pollinate the trees. Two beehives are needed per acre. This will provide j...

Bee keeper Raymond Marquette unloads his bee hives at an almond orchard where the insects are used to pollinate the trees. Two beehives are needed per acre. This will provide just enough food for the...

A truck carrying about 450 bee hives arrives at an almond orchard. The bee hives will be dispersed among the almond trees at night and in the early moring when be bees are less active and stay in thei...

A truck carrying about 450 bee hives arrives at an almond orchard. The bee hives will be dispersed among the almond trees at night and in the early moring when be bees are less active and stay in thei...

Bee keeper Jim Rowe and his nephew Blake Shook unload their bee hives at the California almond orchards. They have kept their 3,000 honeybee colonies in Northern Texas during winter. After the winter...

Bees flying at an almond plantation. Each year in February, beekeepers from all over the USA move their honey bees to feed on the nectar from California's blooming almond orchards. A total of 1.5 mill...

Bees flying at an almond plantation. Each year in February, beekeepers from all over the USA move their honey bees to feed on the nectar from California's blooming almond orchards. A total of 1.5 mill...

A bee on an almond flower. Without the bee pollinating the flowers, there would not be an almond harvest in summer. However, bees are dying in large numbers because of CCD or Colony Collapse Disorder...

A bee on an almond flower. Without the bee pollinating the flowers, there would not be an almond harvest in summer. However, bees are dying in large numbers because of CCD or Colony Collapse Disorder...

A bee on an almond flower. Without the bee pollinating the flowers, there would not be an almond harvest in summer. However, bees are dying in large numbers because of CCD or Colony Collapse Disorder...

A bee on an almond flower. Without the bee pollinating the flowers, there would not be an almond harvest in summer. However, bees are dying in large numbers because of CCD or Colony Collapse Disorder...

A bee on an almond flower. Without the bee pollinating the flowers, there would not be an almond harvest in summer. However, bees are dying in large numbers because of CCD or Colony Collapse Disorder...

An almond flower. Without the bee pollinating the flowers, there would not be an almond harvest in summer. However, bees are dying in large numbers because of CCD or Colony Collapse Disorder and beeke...

A bee entering its hive with pollen from almond flowers on its legs. This pollen is needed for the larvae and young bees. The pollen comes from the almond flowers which in turns gets pollinated by the...

Honey bees in their hive. Each year in February, beekeepers from all over the USA move their honey bees to feed on the nectar from California's blooming almond orchards. A total of 1.5 million bee col...