The almond business of California is attracting the awareness of beekeepers all around the nation. The almond orchard’s demands for honey bees is very strong that several beekeepers in the state of Florida have actually defaulted on their agreements together with regional watermelon growers to bring their bees to the west coast where they lease their hives and bees to the almond growers.

Almonds were initially found growing a good distance from the bright view of California. The very first almonds were discovered in the country of China and central Asia. Franciscan Padres initially introduced almonds to California state in the midst of the 1700′s, previous to the American revolution. Sadly Padres efforts were futile. It wasn’t till the early parts of the nineteen hundreds that almond lovers found that the Central Valley of California had excellent growing situations for genetically better almond orchards. Almost half million Californian acres are devoted to growing almonds. It is estimated that there are 6 thousand almond growers within the state.

These days, the state of California is the one place in North America where almonds are effectively produced for business usage. The reason that California is really successful for almond producers is the climate. Almond trees love warm summer season and cold winters. Almonds don’t like sub-zero temperatures. Given that almond trees are not self-pollinating they require the usage of bees to be able to grow almonds. Every month of February,  when the almond trees are in blossom, beekeepers arrange hives in the orchard in order that the growers can take pleasure in a lucrative harvest. The failure to self-pollinate force almond producers to plant multiple variety’s of almond trees.

Almonds are harvested when the split in the shell widens enough for the nut to dry. This usually happens between mid of August and early part of October.When the hull is completely open its time for the almond harvest to begin.

When its time to harvest the almond crops, orchard owners have the orchards swept so that they’re absolutely freed from debris. As soon as the orchards are debris free, the mechanical tree shakers are brought in . The mechanical tree shakers lightly shake the trees. The almonds fall from the trees. The almonds are left on the ground to complete drying. When the almonds are dry they’re swept into rows where they are gathered utilizing a machine and deposited in the huller.

Nutritionally almonds have rather a lot going for them. There are just 7 grams of fats in one ounce (a single serving of almonds is 1 ounce). Almonds do not have sodium and cholesterol free. Almonds are a wonderful solution to acquire magnesium and vitamin E. Almonds are likewise a source of Riboflavin, Phosphorus and copper.

75 percent of California’s almond harvest is exported. Honey beekeeping obviously has a crucial role to play.