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A fire destroyed a honey factory, leaving a beekeeper without a winter home for the bees.

David Bench highlights winter challenges for bees, focusing on mite control.

Local beekeepers support each other; Utah's recent seasons have been difficult.

SOUTH JORDAN — After a massive fire destroyed a honey factory and left an American Fork beekeeper without a home for his bees, a local expert shared insight about how to care for bees during the winter and how this beekeeper and business owner can recover.

Commercial beekeeper David Bench knows his way around bees and the people who tend to them.

"You kind of got to be a people person as well as a bug person," he said.

Bench monitors thousands of bees each year.

Though harvest time is over, winter is a critical time for the c

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