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| Landmark #945 | Santa Clara County | Visited: August 27, 2016 | Plaque? YES! 🙂 |
| What is it? | A plaque at San Jose Municipal Airport! |
| What makes it historical? | THE GUIDE SAYS: Here, on the 1,939-acre Rancho Potrero de Santa Clara, Christopher A. Shelton in early March 1853 introduced the honeybee to California. In Aspinwall, Panama, Shelton purchased 12 beehives from a New Yorker and transported them by rail, “bongo,” pack mule, and steamship to San Francisco. Only enough bees survived to fill one hive, but these quickly propagated, laying the foundation for California’s modern bee-keeping industry.
OTHER TIDBITS: The honeybee that we’re all so familiar with has its origins in Europe, and people are so deadset on using them for agriculture that folks will truck them in from the Midwest for use in Californai orchards! But did you know that California has about 1600 species of bees, most of them native?! |
| How can I Help the Helpers? | HERE’S HOW:
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| Where is this place? | LISTED DIRECTIONS: San Jose Municipal Airport 1661 Airport Blvd San Jose, CA 95110 ANNOTATIONS: From Los Angeles: ~343mi (553km) — 5.8hrs |
| When should I go? | Whenever the mood strikes you! |