There’s something in the California air. The state’s spectacular almond bloom—the largest single pollination event in the world—has begun. Orchards are blooming and honey bees are buzzing. The video ...

You know it’s almond blossom season in Ripon when the air gets a certain scent— one that you can’t really put in words. “There is a smell to the season,” said Kelly Donohue with the Ripon Chamber of ...

Feb. 5—It's almost a shame to bring up with so many beekeepers in town for the annual bloom, but it looks like Kern County's experience with self-pollinating almond trees has taken root. More ...

DURHAM — Snow is certainly not unusual in California, but it’s rare in the Sacramento Valley, due to the region’s low elevation. This alone keeps warmer air in between the Coast Range to the west and ...

A spectacular spring almond bloom is predicted. A longer-than-normal winter and a forecast for warmer weather will soon bring the trees out of their slumber. White boxes have been delivered to ...

A week of hard night freezes followed by stiff north winds left almond orchards decimated in the Upper Sacramento Valley, leaving growers with nothing to do but look ahead to next year's crop. Trees ...

The Serra de Tramuntana, a dramatic mountain range soaring nearly 5,000 feet (1,445 m), limns Mallorca‘s northwest coast. Every year, long before the snowcapped peaks mull the thaw, a blanket of ...

CHICO — A week after the Almond Blossom Run, when competitors raced against a backdrop of bare trees, blossoms started blooming in almond orchards over the weekend. Almond trees typically flower ...

Israeli families almond tree blossoms near the Latrun monastery in Ayalon Valley, on the road to Jerusalem, Feb 28, 2020. The almond is mentioned our grandfather Jacob as one of the “choice products ...