--- title: March 4, 2024 Bloom Update 🌸 description: "March 4, 2024, California almond bloom update: bloom stage development, weather conditions during early bloom, and how bee flight hours + chill trends." --- [Market Updates](https://blog.bountiful.ag) # [March 4, 2024 Bloom Update 🌸](https://blog.bountiful.ag/march-4-2024-bloom-update) Written by [Megan Nunes](https://blog.bountiful.ag/author/megan-nunes) | Mar 4, 2024 8:00:00 PM Welcome to your third Bountiful Bloom Update for the 2024 growing season. We send these weekly, on Mondays, during bloom. And if you missed last week's update? Here's the [February 26, 2024, Bountiful Bloom Update](https://blog.bountiful.ag/february-26-2024-bloom-update?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--fJJ7-JJaw4Bdh-V9hbWP-OlI3S6dhfb2Oq8h5rGSvmEFqOVUkNmoplBnZH_jF4Ee59d13). Let's dive in!  ## 🌸 Bloom Update  February 27 - March 4, 2024 We're 35 days into almond bloom since the first submission of green-tip to [Bountiful Bloom](https://bountifulalmonds.com/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--fJJ7-JJaw4Bdh-V9hbWP-OlI3S6dhfb2Oq8h5rGSvmEFqOVUkNmoplBnZH_jF4Ee59d13). Full bloom submissions are still coming in and we're seeing more petal fall submissions across all regions North, Central, and South. Daily observations of bloom continue to be consistent in the Central region of the state followed by the South, then the North. You can see this below for the 2024 Almond Bloom showing the progression of bloom stages reported by day👇. Bloom submissions received over the last week show the Central, South, and North in full bloom with increasing reports of petal fall.    *📣 If you're in the South or North regions, we'd love your support with bloom observations to increase coverage in these areas.* A look at bloom sentiment 👇 Bloom sentiment this year appears to follow weather patterns, specifically [precipitation](https://app.bountiful.ag/agriculture/weather?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--fJJ7-JJaw4Bdh-V9hbWP-OlI3S6dhfb2Oq8h5rGSvmEFqOVUkNmoplBnZH_jF4Ee59d13). On days with precipitation bloom sentiment submissions trend toward average to poor bloom, and on days with no precipitation sentiment submissions shift from good to excellent. In the chart below 👇 you'll see [precipitation](https://app.bountiful.ag/agriculture/weather?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--fJJ7-JJaw4Bdh-V9hbWP-OlI3S6dhfb2Oq8h5rGSvmEFqOVUkNmoplBnZH_jF4Ee59d13) over the last week, February 27-March 4, 2024 for California. ## 🐝 Bee Flight & ❄️ Chill Portions How bee flight hours and chill portions are trending  🐝 Bee Flight Hours  Bee Flight Hours continue to trend above last year. Bee Flight Hours in all regions are currently up 91-104% over last year. In the table below 👇 you'll see current Bee Flight Hours by week and Total Bee Flight Hours to Date for 2024 vs 2023.   [Bee Flight Hours update directly in Bountiful Bloom](https://bountifulalmonds.com/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--fJJ7-JJaw4Bdh-V9hbWP-OlI3S6dhfb2Oq8h5rGSvmEFqOVUkNmoplBnZH_jF4Ee59d13), to see them submit an observation. ❄️ Chill Portions Chill Portions are on par with last year. Below 👇 you'll see the cumulative Chill Portions for 2024 vs 2023.  [Chill Portions update directly in Bountiful Bloom](https://bountifulalmonds.com/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--fJJ7-JJaw4Bdh-V9hbWP-OlI3S6dhfb2Oq8h5rGSvmEFqOVUkNmoplBnZH_jF4Ee59d13), to see them submit an observation.   *🗒️ **Note:** We found an error in the 2024 data for bee and chill. Some values were duplicated in the last couple of weeks resulting in slightly higher cumulative totals. This has now been fixed to show an accurate total for bee flight hours and chill portions.*   You can stay on top of changing bee flight hours and chill at [BountifulAlmonds.com](http://bountifulalmonds.com/) and while you're there submit a bloom observation.    ## This Week's Featured Bloom Shot Taken March 4, 2024 in Merced County. 📸 by David B. 📸 Share photos of Bloom Share your almond bloom photos with Bountiful by emailing [megan@bountiful.ag](mailto:megan@bountiful.ag) or texting (805) 704-7157 to be featured in Bountiful's bloom update Your feedback makes [Bountiful Bloom](https://bountifulalmonds.com/) better, please [let me know](mailto:megan@bountiful.ag) what you think of [Bountiful Bloom](http://bountifulalmonds.com/)!   Thank you for helping share and submit observations to [Bountiful Bloom](https://bountifulalmonds.com/). We literally couldn't do this without you 💜. #### Wishing you a Bountiful Bloom!   [View full post](https://blog.bountiful.ag/march-4-2024-bloom-update) ```json { "@context" : "http://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "Megan Nunes" }, "dateModified" : "2024-03-05T20:55:17.626Z", "datePublished" : "2024-03-04T20:00:00Z", "headline" : "March 4, 2024 Bloom Update 🌸", "image" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "height" : 1558, "url" : "https://7462576.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/7462576/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%2011.40.13%20PM.png", "width" : 2880 }, "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://blog.bountiful.ag/march-4-2024-bloom-update", "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "height" : 60.0, "url" : "https://7462576.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/7462576/Bountiful%20Logo.png", "width" : 176.49484 }, "name" : "Market Updates" } } ```