Almond Pollination Handbook. Joe Traynor 86 pgs. Soft. $7.00pp.

Between the 1950s and '80s, California's almond industry went from 90,000 to 400,000 acres. Approximately 800,000 colonies are needed to pollinate this crop each spring, half of which come from out of state. This annual event is unsurpassed in the history of the beekeeping industry, and without doubt points toward the future of beekeeping and crop production in the U.S., and eventually the world.