Bees In Crisis
Almond farms need one key resource many people don’t think about to grow all those almonds: BEES! They’re needed to pollinate those almonds.
Californian almond farms require significantly more bees than other crops, and apparently, it’s not a very bee-friendly environment.
Almond pollination is problematic for bees because the season starts early and requires bees to be “deployed” at a time of the year when they are usually dormant, thus disrupting their natural cycle.
Making matters worse, almond farms have several hazards for bees, including pesticides, parasites, and even aggressive species of honeybees that have been imported from overseas.
The plight of bees in the US and worldwide has been getting a lot of media attention lately. Many bees have been dying in vast numbers.
The Climate Institute reported in 2016 that our country saw an average loss of 1.6 million bees per year for more than 10 million bees over seven years.
According to research, the winter of 2018-2019 was especially harsh for bees. More than one-third of beekeepers’ colonies died out before the winter ended, making it the worst season for bees in many years.
4 thoughts on “Almond Milk: 7 Benefits and 5 Side Effects”
Been using almond milk for several years. Really love it in my morning coffee.
I like almond milk in my coffee, but I cannot do unsweetened. I switched from coffee, mate to silk, almond milk, crème brûlée or vanilla. This is great and much better and lower in calories than what I was previously using. But unsweetened I tried, and cannot do in my coffee.
My son was put on a Low Carb diet to help with seizure control by his neurologist he recommended Unsweetened almond milk because it was low in carbs. Just so happened that I had been having digestion problems, my gastroenterologist told me that as we age we loose the ability to breakdown milk proteins so he suggested that I try Soy milk. I tried for a year but the matter only got worse! So I switched to Almond milk along with my son, and have had no problems.
Dairy is a mucus producing item. If one had sinus problems, almond milk WILL be your friend.