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Is the Beehive State really the second-worst state to keep bees?

A national ranking puts Utah near the bottom, but those numbers don’t tell the whole story, a beekeeping expert says.

(Trent Nelson | Salt Lake Tribune file photo) Beekeeper Amber Lawvor inspects bees in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. A recent survey by a national lawn-care company ranked Utah as the second-worst state for keeping bees — though a local beekeeping expert said the survey is using "a very skewed set of data."