<< crop pollination plus the largest and most active group of commercial and hobby beekeepers and in the spring a large percentage of all the bees on wheels in the United States who take part in one of the great wonders of the agricultural world, the movement of 800,000+- hives of bees to pollinate 400,000+- acres of almond trees.>>> I am curious. If the American acre is the same as the British, this is 625 square miles of trees - and a lot of almonds. Where do they all go? As I see it almonds play a very small part in my diet, on the occasional cake and the icing at Christmas. Can someone enlighten me as there must be a lot of uses I know nothing of. Sid P. _________________________________________________________________ Sid Pullinger Email : [log in to unmask] 36, Grange Rd Compuserve: [log in to unmask] Alresford Hants SO24 9HF England