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- An Apiary on the Foothills of San Gabriel, circa 1878 - Missions in southern California raised fruit and vegetables to feed local populations. The temperate climate that supported year-round cultivation drew growers specializing in grapes, fruit trees, and berry bushes. Bees played a critical role in crop production. This stereograph indicates the investment viticulturalists and fruit-growers made in hives to sustain pollinators, the essential ingredient in their farming system.
- circa 1878
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An Apiary on the Foothills of San Gabriel, circa 1878
Missions in southern California raised fruit and vegetables to feed local populations. The temperate climate that supported year-round cultivation drew growers specializing in grapes, fruit trees, and berry bushes. Bees played a critical role in crop production. This stereograph indicates the investment viticulturalists and fruit-growers made in hives to sustain pollinators, the essential ingredient in their farming system.