Posted on : March 10th, 2017
Did you know that bees need almonds and almonds need bees? Between late February and early March, the orchards that produce Maisie Jane’s almonds burst into bloom with light pink and white flowers in preparation for pollination. This is a crucial time in the almond lifecycle.
Almond trees need the bees for cross-pollination. The honey bees help move pollen from tree to tree. The bees need the almond orchards to strengthen the hive because almonds are a nutritious and delicious source of food for the honey bees – often their first natural source of food each spring. As you can see, it’s a beautiful and mutually beneficial relationship!
Bees are a significant part of the almond-growing process at Maisie Jane’s. Bees hives from local bee keepers are brought to our almond orchards to assist with pollination because almonds are not self-pollinating. As the bees move from tree to tree, they pollinate the almond blossoms, allowing each fertilized bloom to grow into an almond.
Bees also help avoid the need to spray harmful pesticides in the orchards. How? Well, by leaving part of the almond orchards’ natural grasses in place – instead of chopping away the entire vegetation – the green foliage attracts helpful insects, which decreases invasive pests that harm the almond crop. Leaving blooms in place in the natural vegetation attracts the bee population.
Approximately 70% of our food and plants depends on bees. While bees are an important part of an almond’s health – and ultimately our health too – their health is actually in danger. There’s been a drastic decline in the honey bee colonies, caused by three known contributors:
Maisie Jane’s is part of the solution to help save our bees by taking action, contributing to research and helping to spread the word. You can help too by:
Without bees, there would be no almonds; and without almonds we couldn’t make our healthy, delicious almond products.
Maisie Jane’s California Sunshine Products, Inc. was founded on strong beliefs and passion for offering unique, flavorful, top-quality, almond products. We strongly believe in earth-friendly practices that start on our family owned and operated orchards. We use Organic farming practices and continue in the process by using all natural ingredients with no preservatives or GMOs. We believe in honest, friendly and helpful customer relations at all levels. We take pride in every task, every day, with every person.
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