Editing Clementine (section)

==Cultivation==
Clementines differ from other citrus in having lower heat requirement, which means the tolerance to fruit maturity and sensitivity to unfavorable conditions during the flowering and fruit-setting period is higher. However, in regions of high total heat, the Clementine bears fruit early—only slightly later than satsuma mandarins. These regions, such as North Africa, Mediterranean basin, and California, also favor maximizing the Clementine size and quality.<ref name="Hodgson">{{Cite book |last=Hodgson |first=Richard Willard |title=The Citrus Industry |date=1967 |publisher=[[University of California, Riverside]], Division of Agricultural Sciences |edition=Revised |chapter=Horticultural Varieties of Citrus |access-date=February 14, 2009 |chapter-url=http://lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter4.html#clementine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308005736/http://lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter4.html#clementine |archive-date=March 8, 2008}} {{Page needed|date=March 2018}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=March 2018}}{{Failed verification|date=April 2020}}

It was introduced into Californian commercial agriculture in 1914, though it was grown at the [[University of California Citrus Experiment Station|Citrus Research Center]] (now part of the [[University of California, Riverside]]) as early as 1909.<ref name="Hodgson" /> Clementines lose their desirable seedless characteristic when they are [[cross-pollination|cross-pollinated]] with other fruit. In 2006, to prevent this, growers—such as Paramount Citrus in California—threatened to sue local [[beekeeper]]s to keep bees away from their crops.<ref name="Bees">{{Cite news |date=December 2, 2006 |title=Calif. Beekeepers Fear No-Fly Zones |url=https://katu.com/news/local/calif-beekeepers-fear-no-fly-zones-11-26-2015 |access-date=July 17, 2010 |work=[[KATU]].com |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>