You could argue that it is due to Mormonism: "Deseret was proposed as a name for the U.S. state of Utah. Brigham Young—governor of Utah Territory from 1850 to

You could argue that it is due to Mormonism: "Deseret was proposed as a name for the U.S. state of Utah. Brigham Young—governor of Utah Territory from 1850 to 1858 and president of the LDS Church from 1847 to 1877—favored the name as a symbol of industry. Young taught his followers that they should be productive and self-sufficient, a trait he had perceived in honeybees."[1] 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deseret_(Book_of_Mormon) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deseret_(Book_of_Mormon)