Did you know that we need bees to grow watermelon? Bees are essential to farmers who plant watermelon, as they must pollinate every watermelon blossom in order for there to be fruit. The leading producers of watermelon in the United States (which ranks 6th overall in the world in watermelon production) are Florida, Texas, California, Georgia, and Indiana. However, they are thought to have come from southern Africa. The first recorded watermelon harvest was 5,000 years ago in Egypt. Watermelon is depicted in their hieroglyphics and was put into the tombs of the kings to help nourish them in the afterlife.
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