The cumulative hiss of thousands of wings Mikolich moves bees to the Imperial Valley, for melon pollination, onion seed pollination, and alfalfa seed pollination. Hives there are usually set under “shades,” shelters that protect them …
April 2, 2022
The dark, bumpy Hass is ready in the late spring and summer, and the emerald-green Fuerte in the winter and early spring.
Posted January 11, 1979
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San Diego's bees and ostriches
40 percent of U.S. avocados come from San Diego
From nearly every hilltop in Fallbrook, Escondido, or Vista they can be seen: grove after grove of avocado trees, like rows of leafy green towers stretching away into the distance. This peculiar green fruit from …
January 11, 1979