I don?t know anything about almonds, but I think they are over with by now or soon. I don?t know.
If you want bees and can find them, go for it. There are other things for them to eat and collect. You will probably have to feed them to get them going in the summer and get their stores built up to winter over, but you will be ahead of the game next year if you do get them through the winter.
Sounds like he doesn?t want you encroaching in his territory. If his bees are pooping in his hives, he has sick bees.
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