>> I don't think you understand the magnitude of the almond industry.
>> They are producing 80% of the world's almonds. 70% of the crop is for
>> export from USA. For the bigger picture, see:

We used to talk about vertical and lateral thinking a few decades ago. 
Chris often provides lateral thinking, and perhaps that is what is needed 
now.

So often the debate here about almonds is pure verticical thinking and, to 
those of us not in the US, rather boring.  This is a problem of your own 
making and bears little relevance to beekeeping in the rest of the world 
(and there is quite a lot of world outside the US - believe it or not).

Best wishes

Peter
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