Feb. 5—It's almost a shame to bring up with so many beekeepers in town for the annual bloom, but it looks like Kern County's experience with self-pollinating almond trees has taken root. More ...

Nonpareil almonds fetch the highest price in California, but the new Yorizane variety are self-pollinating. (Photo: ARS) A new variety of almond that does not rely on bees or an adjacent, different ...

One day, Yorizane may be synonymous with almonds and California. So what is a Yorizane and what does it have to do with almonds? Yorizane is a new self-pollinating almond variety developed by USDA’s ...

With bees in decline, the self-pollinating Independence almond tree is a best-seller among farmers. But even they still need the bees. Every February, semi trucks packed with honeybees–a fleet of ...

FRESNO, Calif. Local researchers have developed a self-pollinating almond tree, one which does not need bees to produce a crop. The almonds forming on trees at the USDA Agricultural Research Service ...

Every spring, thousands of beehives are trucked into the San Joaquin Valley for a massive pollination of almond trees. Now all that could change as plant scientists and farmers begin trials of ...