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As of today, March 9, this is officially the new flag of Utah (kbin.earth)

submitted 8 months ago by ThatOneKirbyMain2568@kbin.earth to c/vexillology@lemmy.world

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[–] The_v@lemmy.world 43 points 8 months ago (2 children)

That would be a logical reason for it but remember this is Utah... so no.

Bees have weird place in Mormon lore. The creepy founder created a new name for them in the Book of Mormon "Deseret".

His successor, Brigham Young, used it as the name of country Mormons tried to establish in the west.

"It represents a theocracy ruled by the church."

The bee symbolism used in sermons from the 1850s described the godly society the Saints strove to build.

https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/the-symbolism-of-the-beehive-in-latter-day-saint-tradition/

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 8 months ago

Wow. That is nuts.

[–] MadBob@feddit.nl 2 points 8 months ago

I had the "Symbols of Manchester" Wikipedia page at the ready to make the point that a bee is a fairly well-known symnbol of industry, but as they say, truth is stranger than fiction.