up of a native bee with a striped yellow-and-black abdomen and metallic green body.

Picture: 130 Bee Species in 100 Acres


Stroll through Red Butte Garden and Arboretum and you’d never guess what’s buzzing beneath the blooms: 130 bee species—roughly 10 percent of the state’s known bees—in just 100 acres. Sarah Hinners, the garden’s conservation and research director, and a dozen volunteers set out to count them this past summer.

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