Bee Rock, California
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Bee Rock, California | |
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  Bee Rock, California | |
| Coordinates: 35°47′14″N 120°56′21″W / 35.78722°N 120.93917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | San Luis Obispo |
| Elevation | 938 ft (286 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| Area code | 805 |
| GNIS feature ID | 252851[1] |
Bee Rock is a rural unincorporated community in northern San Luis Obispo County, central California, United States.[2]
Bee Rock is 3 miles (4.8 km) east-northeast of Tierra Redondo Mountain, in the southeastern Santa Lucia Range.[3]
It is located on Interlake Road, between Lake Nacimiento and Lake San Antonio reservoirs.
The area once held a public school (Bee Rock School), and also had a community hall (Bee Rock Hall) that operated for 26 years which was lost to a fire in 1930.[4][5] A small branch of the San Luis Obispo County Free Library opened in Bee Rock in 1929.[6]
In the late 19th century Bee Rock, California became known for having the "largest bee-hive in the world". A granite boulder riddled with fissures was inhabited by a "vast population of bees, and overflow[ing] with honey", producing hundreds of pounds of honey per year.[7][8]
The Bee Rock Fault zone passes through the community of Bee Rock.[9]
References
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ (19 May 1916). Bee Rock, San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram (sample of regularly reported local news items)
- ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 861. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ (10 October 1930). Fire Destroys Bee Rock Hall, King City Rustler
- ^ (19 January 1912). Bee Rock District, San Luis Obispo Tribune
- ^ News Notes of California Libraries, p. 48 (January 1930)
- ^ "Notices". The Morning Journal-Courier. 13 April 1985. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "General News". The Weekly Standard and Express (UK). 29 December 1894. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ Durham, David L. (1974). Geology of the Southern Salinas Valley Area, California (PDF). Washington DC: US Geological Survey, U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 60–68. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
Further reading
Reynolds, C.G. Bee Rock, California. Crystalized honey found in cavity under crack in rock. American Bee Journal 88: 136, 147. March, 1948. 424.8 Am3.[1]
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- ^ U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (1948). Bibliography of Agriculture, Volume 12, Part 1. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved 17 February 2021.