Letter: Let’s keep the bees in the Beehive State

Utah is known as the Beehive State, not only because of the industriousness of Mormon pioneers but also because it is home to more than 1,000 bee species.With the continual worldwide decline in bee species and the changes in our climate, it has become critical to monitor and find ways to encourage and protect our bee populations.According to a PubMed article released Nov. 7, 660 of those bee species were found in Grand-Staircase Escalante National Monument and were studied over a four-year time