It's an 11B a year business, so naturally monoculture is the first thing people think of to make even more. If the bees die off in increasing numbers the problem will solve itself in enough time (as in no more almonds). Same thing can be said of humans, if we do enough stupid things eventually nature will reclaim the world from us.

Anderson Almonds clearly thinks differently and has none of the issues, but makes less money per acre so that would not interest the big growers. Maybe someday only Anderson will have almonds to sell...

There is one example of this mentioned in the article. And, as you say, the guy does it differently, faces none of the problems.

its not just wild flowers..

fro bees to sruvive winter its

vetch mustard goldenrod alfa

that will supply the full spring to fall diet for bees

I put it in my father's garden every year as farmers have killed all that by the roadside

Is there a typo in “vetch mustard goldenrod alfa”?

Googling it brings up this thread and your comment as the top hit...

It's a (poorly formatted) list of plants that bloom at different times.

s/ /, /g

s/alfa/alfalfa/