Utah State Insect - Honey Bee
The honey bee, Apis mellifera, became the official state insect in 1983 (Utah Code) through the lobbying efforts of a fifth grade class. The honey bee is significant in Utah history, as Utah was first called by its Mormon settlers, "The Provisional State of Deseret," a Book of Mormon word meaning honey bee.
Utah's Honey Bees
- Honey Bee Publications (Utah Government Publications Online Digital Library)
- Honey Bees (Utah Department of Agriculture and Food)
- Insects - Utah's Favorite: The Honeybee (Utah Education Network)
Learn more about Honey Bees
- Apis mellifera (BioKids Critter Catalog, University of Michigan)
- Apis mellifera (ITIS: Integrated Taxonomic Information System)
- Apis mellifera: Honey Bee (Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology)
- Honey and Bees: An Amazing Story (National Honey Board)
- Honey Bee (AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University)
- The Honey Files: A Bee's Life: A Teaching Guide, Grade Levels 4-6
(National Honey Board)
Learn more about Africanized Honey Bees
- Africanized Honey Bees (Utah Department of Agriculture and Food)
- Africanized Honeybee (National Invasive Species Information Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
- Africanized Honey Bees on the Move: Lesson Plans ( University of Arizona, Africanized Honey Bee Education Project)
- USDA Map of Africanized Honey Bee Spread (Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
Learn more about Colony Collapse Disorder
- Colony Collapse Disorder (Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research & Extension Consortium, Pennsylvania State University)
- Questions and Answers: Colony Collapse Disorder (Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture)