"We're just starting bloom now, but the next 10 days, 14 days is really critical," Mike Weststeyn, almond farmer, said.
"This is probably the most important time for the year for us," Weststeyn said. "This is when the crops are getting pollinated and we're setting the crop for this coming harvest. If we don't get it done, we're not going to have a crop."
"It won't get pollinated and you won't have a crop," Weststeyn said. "We're only going to bloom one time this year. This is it. If we don't set a crop right now, you're going to have to wait until next year."
"If it's not about 50 to 55 degrees, that's when the bees start to fly," George Dale, Honeydale Beekeeping owner, said. "If it's below that temperature-wise, they won't fly. And if they're not flying, then pollination's not getting done. But, typically it's kind of rare that the pollination doesn't get done with that 3-week window. The bees will get on those flowers at some point in there."
The economic implications of this are also crucial with Weststeyn saying California has 80% of the world's almond production. Daniel A. Sumner is the UC Davis Frank H. Buck Distinguished Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and the UC Agricultural Issues Center director, and says the almond is a crop that may hit $5 billion in revenue this year.
Sumner also said almonds are different than most of California's crops.
Needless to say, this is an important next two to three weeks for almond farmers.
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