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
John Pohoroff, Sr.: “They couldn’t believe that a chicken could live in a twelve-by-eighteen-inch compartment and lay eggs.”
Posted May 17, 1979
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San Diego's bees and ostriches
San Diego's ever more efficient, ever more unpopular poultry farms
There are more hens than there are people in all of San Diego County San Diego County is the third largest egg-producing county in the nation. The 114 poultry ranches in San Diego, with more …
May 17, 1979