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From: "Bob Benson"
> My question is: By what % would the almond yield drop if honeybees did not
> pollinate them?
Although not up to date, part of the answer is here-
http://www.fao.org/docrep/x5337e/x5337e02.htm
Spanish beekeepers we recently visited indicaed that there was no paid
pollination of almonds in Spain. In fact they seemed somewhat bemused by
the idea.
Geoff Manning
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