I drove down the center of California on 5 last Saturday and saw pallets of
hives in dozen drops 50-75 yards apart along the bare branched
orchards.  Among the tumbleweeds I doubt there is much natural forage.  I
waved to the driver of an empty flatbed labeled with the name of an Upland
apiary (300 miles SE) who must have wondered why.  Three days later I
returned by the same route and the trees were bursting with blossoms.
The storm that ravaged the north of the state left the blossoms in the
valley untouched.
(I puzzled over the sight of some hives with a shallow under a deep.)

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