Growing California almonds takes more than half of US honeybees

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It can be hard to see how important honeybees are to daily life. Just by looking at fully grown oranges, apples and almonds, the honeybee wouldn’t necessarily get marquee credit for their growth. But bees pollinate around 70 percent of the world’s crops, according to Cornell University, and without them, there’s no easy way to pollinate the fresh foods that need to be grown and harvested.

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Growing California almonds takes more than half of US honeybees

http://abcnews.go.com/US/growing-california-almonds-takes-half-us-honeybees/story?id=52265334

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