California situation, page-8

On that same topic, I noticed a new media report today on the progress of the almond pollination which is somewhat more downbeat than the Blue Diamond update yesterday.

The article quotes a beekeeper, intriguingly named Beekman:

While farmers are enjoying the abundance of water bee keepers are feeling the sting.

"This has probably been the hardest year out of 36 years of doing bees I've had of putting bees out," said Bryan Beekman, bee keeper.

Beekman is a third generation bee keeper and says the rain has put a damper on the bee's ability to pollinate this season-- almond trees in particular

"We need the rain of course; it's just coming at the wrong time. As far as the bees, they're cooped up in the hives-- the temperatures aren't right for flying so the farmers are depending on us for pollination."

Wet weather making it difficult for bees to pollinate

The site also has an interesting short video on the topic.