From:
http://bluediamond.com/growers/field/detail.cfm?l_location=3

"In preparation for the bloom, beekeepers spent the latter half of January
moving colonies into staging areas throughout the region and as the month
ended, the first hives began to move into orchards planted to the earliest
blooming varieties."

The price per hive for almond pollination fees in California has an effect
upon pollination pricing across the entire United States as the perceived
worth of a hive rented for pollination is transferred across the country.

The ABJ reported in the February 2004 issue that early reports of
pollination fees have been averaging near the $50.00 per colony level; I
have been hearing more like $60.00 and up, up, up! Does anyone know of
actual contracted prices?


Chuck Norton
Norton's Nut & Honey Farm
Reidsville, NC

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