American Honey Producer Association

 Peter Azel Peel of Mt. Pleasant  was a member of the American Honey Producers Association.

The following photographs were taken circa 1920. 

American Honey
Producers Association

Peter Azel Peel of Mt. Pleasant is on the third row back and against the wall (under the telephone).

The following link is a good resource to learn about early bee keepers.

https://historytogo.utah.gov/oliver-huntington/

Cane sugar was expensive in territorial Utah because it had to be shipped long distances by sea and railroad. So, many Utahns kept a few hives of bees and traded honey with their neighbors.  

A beekeepers organization was needed to rid all the hives of the disease. In March 1892 Professor A. J. Cook of Michigan Agricultural College and beekeeper A. T. Root of Medina, Ohio, came to Salt Lake City to help solve the disease problem. They organized for the territory the Utah Bee-Keepers Association. 

Honey was an important business in Utah during the 1890s. Although beet sugar eventually became the major source of sweets, beekeeping has continued as an industry in Utah. Clover honey from Utah is widely known as a favorite honey. And Utah farmers appreciate another vital bee service: as fruit trees and seed crops increase bees are in demand to pollinate the blossoms. It looks as if bees will remain important in the Beehive State.