Lands have either a Normal or Extreme climate. 

The difference between Normal and Extreme climate Lands is really important when you are Hunting. It doesn’t impact Harvesting.

Extreme Lands are randomly assigned a single type of shard. Every Hunt on that Land will return the same type of shard for 24 hours (quantity will differ).  When the Land resets, it Extreme Land will be assigned a new type of shard that it will produce for the next 24 hours.

Normal Lands always produce a random assortment of shards. Hunting a Normal Land will return different shards each visit even within the same game day.

STRATEGY: If you are seeking a specific shard (for example, a Bee Egg shard), find an Extreme Climate Land that is producing those shards and send your Bees to Hunt there as often as you can.  You can deploy Sonar Buzz to reveal which shards a select number of Extreme Climate Lands are producing that day.

Look out! - Some Extreme Lands will be FULL of Bees trying to get a specific shard. Lots of competition from other players means your Bee can take a long time to return to your Hive. Look around and see if you can find an Extreme Land that is less busy but still offering the shard you are looking for.

545 (13.6%) of the 4000 Lands in Universe 1 are Extreme Climate Lands.

Extreme lands will have EX as highlighted below.