Wild About Utah » Bees

I was a bit surprised when I met a local beekeeper who insisted she’d never eat any honey except that produced by bees in the mountains above Cache Valley. It made sense that the taste of honey...

https://wildaboututah.org/discovering-honeybees/

Now, in late summer, the sunny golden blooms of sunflowers adorn gardens, roadsides and wild places across much of the United States. Utah is home to five sunflower species, four of them annuals....

https://wildaboututah.org/sunflowers-the-late-summer-feast/

The industry and cooperation of honeybees have inspired many a philosopher and society, including the Mormons who settled along the Wasatch front. The hive, or more specifically a skep, was later...

https://wildaboututah.org/the-native-bees-of-utah/

Audio:  mp3 Apricots, plums, apples, cherries, and pears all need bees to pollinate their flowers. Traditionally, we’ve used the European honey bee, but now we know how to pollinate our fruit ...

https://wildaboututah.org/pollinating-fruit-trees-with-blue-orchard-bees/