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Letter: Flora and fauna and proofreading

(Rick Egan  |  Tribune file photo)     Honey bees enter one of the hives  owned by Bee Keeper Darren Cox, in Logan Canyon, on the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest where he stores hundreds of hives in the summer, on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020.

(Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) Honey bees enter one of the hives owned by Bee Keeper Darren Cox, in Logan Canyon, on the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest where he stores hundreds of hives in the summer, on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020.

I realize that eliminating proofreaders was a cost cutting measure, but isn’t there someone on The Salt Lake Tribune staff that at least reads the bold print in articles before publication?

I’m referring to the article about bees on the Aug. 23 front page, “All abuzz in the forest.”

Honeybees do not pollinate “fauna” (animal kingdom) on Utah public lands, they pollinate flora (plant kingdom).

Warren Majerus, Sandy

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