Fig. 1: Beekee-E3-Front
- Cloth: Khaki right twill
- Embroidery: Cotton lock stitch
Fig. 2: Beekee-E3-Reverse
- Back: Plain NO imprint with starch
Item Name: Beekeeping 1952 - 1956
Item ID: Beekee-E3
Collector Rating: 1
Pamphlets Used to Earn this Badge
Requirements June 1952 until January 1957
1. Examine a colony of bees, remove the combs, find the queen, and determine the amount of the brood, number of queen cells, and the amount of honey in the hive.
2. Distinguish between the drones, workers, eggs, larvae, pupae, honey, wax, pollen, and propolis; tell how the bees make the honey, and where the wax comes from; and explain the part played in the life of the colony by the queen, the drones, and the workers.
3. Have had experience in hiving or artificially dividing at least one swarm. Explain the construction of the modern hive, especially in regard to the “Bee Spaces.”
4. Put foundations in sections and fill supers with sections; and also remove filled supers from the hive and prepare the honey for market.
5. Write an acceptable article of not more than two hundred words on the differences in honeys according to the flowers from which the nectar is obtained.
OR
Comply with the 4H Club or home Project Requirements in Beekeeping.