https://www.npr.org/2017/03/09/519500033
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MARCH 9, 20174:34 PM ET
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Each year, millions upon millions of honey bees go on a cross country road trip to make the California almond harvest possible.
That semi truck next to you on the highway may be carrying something unexpected – honeybees. Billions of them go on road trips this time of year rented by farmers who need the bees to pollinate their crops. Robert Smith of NPR’s PLANET MONEY team followed one shipment of hives headed for the almond fields of California.