And they did also carry with them deseret, which, by interpretation, is a honey bee; and thus they did carry with them swarms of bees, and all manner of that which was upon the face of the land, seeds of every kind.
2010, Tom Roulstone, One Against the Wilderness→ISBN, page 156:
"No milk and honey?" Martha Durphy asked smiling. "None that I've heard of, Martha," Martin said, returning her smile. "But I figure when we get it blossoming like a rose a few 'deserets' will show up!" Everyone except Deirdre and Eliza caught the allusion and laughed.
"A deseret is a honey bee," Josh explained to Deirdre and Eliza. "It's from The Book of Mormon."
2013, Jack Mingo, Bees Make the Best Pets→ISBN, page 76:
Mormon tradition has it that they had hives full of "deserets" thousands of years before honey bees were (re?)introduced to America by European settlers in the 1700s.
1964, History of Brigham Young, 1847-1867, page 221:
The people are vacating Salt Lake City, and flying to the mountains. ... that the Government has ordered large reinforcements (108) to Utah, for the extermination of the faithful, who will be found, probably, (if found at all,) in rocks and deserets, or, like the ancient Saints, hid in dens and caves of the earth.
1972, Exceptional Stories from the Lives of Our Apostles, page 208:
To circumnavigate the globe, to traverse the deserets of Arabia, […]
