06 Feb 2019 --- New research has been carried out that helps solve the growing problem of honey bee pollinators and their offspring dying while they migrate to the US West Coast during the almond blossoming season. Every winter there is a mass migration of honey bees to California which helps pollinate the Central Valley's trees responsible for more than 80 percent of the world’s almonds. But, in recent years more bees and larvae were dying and nobody was exactly sure why – until now.