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Re: Almond yield and honeybees
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> >My question is: By what % would the almond yield drop if honeybees did not
> pollinate them?
>

Good question Denise!  I asked the same question to our state extension
apiculturist, Dr. Eric Mussen, some years ago.  He said that the trees would
produce only about a 15% crop.

However, the exact percentage is really immaterial, since even a relatively
small reduction would simply make growing almonds economically inviable at
current nutmeat prices.

Randy Oliver

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